Talented midfielder Ryan Gravenberch brought a record of proven winning experience to Liverpool FC when he joined from Bayern Munich in September 2023.

The Netherlands international became the Reds’ fourth new recruit of that summer by signing a long-term deal to link up with Jürgen Klopp’s squad.

Having taken his earliest steps in the game as a youngster at AVV Zeeburgia, Gravenberch joined the esteemed academy of his boyhood club, AFC Ajax, aged eight.

Prodigious ability carried him through the ranks quickly; so much so, in fact, that he was given a senior debut for the Dutch giants as a 16-year-old in September 2018.

That outing made Gravenberch the youngest debutant in Ajax’s illustrious history, and three days later he became their youngest g...