A friend of mine who lives in Portugal said Carvalho actually hasn't been that great lately, but he thinks it might be due to motivation - a new challenge might push him a bit more. He also says he prefers his midfield partner Adrien.
But anyway, Carvalho is apparently a beast in the air (he wins something like 68% of his aerial duels and is only 1cm taller than Can, who wins about 45%) and supposedly good on the ball. I only remember watching him for Portugal which wasn't very frequent, so don't know that much.
Not that any of this matters, as it seems there's no true whatsoever to it.
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