“Well done”, “Jesus Christ!”: Liverpool fans explode on Twitter as club makes unexpected announcement

Liverpool’s recent Champions League loss to Real Madrid brought about a lot of our problems to the fore – one of them being the lack of power in the midfield area. It looks like Jurgen Klopp is wasting no time to boost our forces in that department.

Liverpool’s official website confirmed that we have managed to sign a deal with Fabinho, who is equally adept at playing as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder.

Given our situation, the Brazilian is likely to act as Emre Can’s replacement at the base of the midfield and in doing so, he would perfectly complement Naby Keita, who is also expected to arrive this summer.

Indeed, this is a brilliant move by Liverpool and one that no one was possibly expecting. A report from BBC claims that the deal is estimated to be around £39m and that is a fair price to pay for a player as talented and exciting as Fabinho.

Upon hearing the news, our fellow supporters on Twitter erupted in glee and we bring you some of the best reactions:

I am well and truly stunned right now. Well and f*cking truly stunned. 8pm, 'Liverpool interested in Fabinho', 9pm, 'Fabinho set for move, could be as early as tomorrow', 9:15, a photo of Fabinho signing his contract. Well and truly stunned. All transfers should be like this.

— Dharma Bhagalia (@Kloppholic) May 28, 2018

Fabinho rejected Man Utd last season to join Liverpool this season.

Make him the highest paid player at the club.

— – (@AnfieldRd96) May 28, 2018

Liverpool will now have amazing strength in depth in middle of the park. An early deal for Fabinho is a sign that they're going to seriously push on over the summer. Pretty decent value too at £40m

— Dean Jones (@DeanJonesBR) May 28, 2018

Liverpool are really going from a Henderson-Wijnaldum-Milner midfield to Fabinho-Keita-Fekir.

Jesus Christ.

— James (@jacn__) May 28, 2018

Fabinho is great. Well done Liverpool

— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) May 28, 2018

Wow man I heard about Liverpool wanting to sign Fabinho before my movie starts. It's not finished yet Liverpool have already done their job. Impressive. Fabinho is a Red ❤️ #YNWA #sisterkejut

— нур фазриена (@fazri3na) May 28, 2018

*Opens Twitter*

“Liverpool have announced the signing of Fabinho on a long term deal”

*Closes Twitter*

*Sits Back Slowly*

*Reaches For Tissues*

— SMO (@FirmiSmo) May 28, 2018

Liverpool have now signed Keita and Fabinho. Give me Fekir and Alisson and the Premier League is done.

— Furious Firmino (@FuriousFirmino) May 28, 2018

Ndidi would have cost £50m so we fuck off to Monaco & get Fabinho for £10m less.

We are Liverpool & the Klopp train is picking up speed #LFC

— Dijkinho (@Dijkinho) May 28, 2018