Ryan Gravenberch has defined the variations between Arne Slot and Jurgen Klopp, and the way life underneath Liverpool’s new head coach “feels extra comfy.”
Gravenberch has began the season in nice type.
Deployed within the No. 6 position, the midfielder has flourished and has made the place his personal throughout the membership’s opening three Premier League matches.
Now the 22-year-old is again within the Netherlands senior nationwide workforce and getting ready to tackle Bosnia & Herzegovina and Germany within the UEFA Nations League this month.
Forward of the sport, Gravenberch has been chatting with his nation’s media, opening up about life underneath Liverpool’s new head coach and even responding to criticism seemingly directed to him by Ronald Koeman.
Gravenberch loving life underneath Slot
Having failed to herald a No. 6 this summer time, Gravenberch has been used within the place extra out of necessity fairly than anything.
However he has shocked many with the benefit through which he has adjusted to the swap, and the midfielder has credited Slot’s techniques for his potential to settle rapidly.
“The coach is aware of that I’ve a number of soccer in me,” Gravenberch mentioned as per De Volkskrant.
“He has a transparent plan, with the build-up, with the urgent. It’s as much as me to keep up that and be constant.
“He gave me the prospect from the beginning. I needed to deal with a sure place. A bit extra defensive. I do my factor and that works out nicely.
“That has to do with myself and with the coach. There was readability from the beginning. We play as a workforce, after which the person additionally seems to be higher.”
The variations between Slot and Klopp
When requested if he appears like a participant ‘reborn’ Gravenberch pushed again on these claims, however did clarify how he feels extra comfy with Slot’s model of play over Klopp’s.
“No, that’s all exaggerated. I’m the identical Gravenberch,” he mentioned as per Trouw, earlier than explaining the distinction in enjoying kinds between the present and former Liverpool bosses.
“I generally had matches the place I solely touched the ball after 5 minutes,” mentioned Gravenberch about enjoying underneath Klopp final season.
“Then I don’t get into my recreation, I don’t get into my rhythm. This feels extra comfy to me.”
Gravenberch mentioned he’s used to enjoying persistently at Ajax no matter any errors, however has needed to regulate to totally different requirements since transferring overseas:
“At Ajax; I performed the whole lot there. Even when issues went a bit much less nicely for a couple of matches. That’s totally different overseas.”
Pushing again on Koeman claims
Earlier this week, Gravenberch additionally got here underneath veiled criticism from Netherlands coach Koeman, who hinted on the teen having been ‘lazy’ up to now, however he has pushed again on these claims.
“Everybody tells me that I’m nonchalant. It’s simply in me,” he admitted.
“I began nicely at Liverpool and now I additionally carry these traits with me, however you don’t hear that when issues are going nicely. Everybody makes errors.”
Gravenberch will hope to show Koeman unsuitable on the pitch, too, with the Netherlands enjoying their first recreation of the worldwide break on Saturday in opposition to Bosnia & Herzegovina.
