Brentford fear Fabio Carvalho to miss entire season run-in after shoulder surgery

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Brentford fear Fabio Carvalho to miss entire season run-in after shoulder surgery

Bees midfielder may be out until the summer after operation to fix lingering problem

Injury blow: Fabio Carvalho may not play again for Brentford this season

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Brentford fear Fabio Carvalho is out for the season after undergoing a shoulder operation.

The attacking midfielder suffered a dislocated shoulder in early March and has now had surgery.

Standard Sport understands Brentford are targeting a return for Carvalho in pre-season and do not plan to rush him back during the Premier League run-in.

Carvalho had already been suffering with shoulder pain before an incident in training made the injury worse and required an operation.

The 22-year-old has not played since the 4-0 win at Leicester on February 21.

Carvalho joined Brentford in a £27.5million deal from Liverpool last summer but has only featured in 19 of their 29 Premier League games, starting just three.

On March 13, Brentford manager Thomas Frank said of Carvalho’s shoulder injury: “That is a long-ish one. A quick and good recovery could keep the return to play time down, so just in the end of the season. But that needs to be at the top, return to play time.”

But since then it has emerged that the injury may take longer to heal than first thought, and it is feared Carvalho may not play again this season.

Brentford striker Igor Thiago is on his way back from a knee injury and will return before the end of the season, but he has not yet been reintegrated into full first-team training.