Jürgen Klopp's got Liverpool 'next magician he can give his team two new traits and unlock Defender's

 Liverpool have moved beyond Philippe Coutinho but Jürgen Klopp needs to see the next evolution of his Reds side. Two players can help each other and their manager

Liverpool have moved well beyond the need for a direct Philippe Coutinho 'replacement' (as they should have, four years after he left) but their players are now so well-rounded as a collective that finding upgrades within Jürgen Klopp's squad is difficult.

Adding goals from midfield is one thing that could help them evolve again, while the addition of Darwin Núñez will help give something new in attack.

Fábio Carvalho is the other exciting addition to the squad that Liverpool have made this summer other than Núñez, and while many wondered exactly what role he might play this season — in terms of position and number of minutes — it is already becoming clear that there is a plan.

Liverpool swiftly made clear that they did not intend for Carvalho to head out on loan when they signed him this summer. Like Harvey Elliott at Blackburn, Carvalho has had a season in the Championship and is ready for the step up.

Capable of playing in midfield and attack, the Portuguese youth international will play a big role this season as long as he avoids injury and has already impressed in pre-season.

Already, comparisons are being made to Coutinho, and while there is a question to be answered about exactly how helpful those sorts of things are, they are inevitable when a player as exciting as the 19-year-old emerges.

Carvalho appears best suited to playing a deeper role, though he can also play on the wing. In midfield, he can not only give Liverpool goals from that area with his expertly timed runs from the centre of the pitch, but he also showed against RB Leipzig his ability to drive forward with the ball at his feet, teeing up one of Núñez's four goals.

That was not the only time that Carvalho has done that this pre-season, with the early signs in a Reds shirt (plus plenty of evidence from last season) being that he can carry the ball and then make the right decision.No other Liverpool midfielder has shown that trait consistently, even though Curtis Jones has the ability to do that. Up to this point, Liverpool have been very cautious with him, getting him to learn the defensive side of the game.

Jones has been playing it safe when in the Liverpool midfield, but Carvalho's breaks forward — plus Jones' performances in pre-season, where he has been deployed higher up the field — may show a shift in policy.

If Jones could do that as well, it would give Klopp a more attacking and forward-thinking option in midfield in Jones as well as Carvalho, with both players also capable of playing in attack.

With both playing at the same time, as they did against Leipzig, there would not have to be a fixed player on the left side of midfield and another on the wing — it could be switched up throughout the game, with the duo working in tandem to fill both roles, unlocking a side of Jones' game that has been stifled to this point at senior level.

Manchester City, with the interlinking Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva on the same side, for example, have been doing that for some time, even if Erling Haaland's arrival might make them more fixed in their positions. For Liverpool, trialling that approach could be the next step, just as Pep Guardiola

move away from it.