Liverpool complete midfield overhaul with £34 million deadline day transfer
The Reds have announced their fourth and final signing of the summer as manager Jurgen Klopp reshapes the spine of his side
Liverpool have completed their fourth signing of the transfer window with the capture of Bayern Munich midfielder Ryan Gravenberch in a £34 million transfer.
Gravenberch has put pen to paper on a long-term deal, which is subject to a work permit, and concludes the Reds' transfer business this summer.
The 21-year-old Dutch international spent a single season at Bayern after coming through the youth academy at Ajax.
He becomes Liverpool's fourth signing of the summer and all of them are midfielders, following the arrivals of Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Dominik Szoboszlai.
It is a new-look midfield at Anfield for 2023/24, with Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all having left the club this summer.
"I’m very happy," Gravenberch told the club's official site. "Very happy that the deal is done and I’m finally here."
"If you see it from the outside, it's one of the biggest clubs in the world. Also the fans, the stadium, I think everything from the outside is top. So that's why [it was the right club].
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"I’m really looking forward to [being at Anfield] and I can’t wait to hear the You’ll Never Walk Alone song.
"Now we start fresh again, a new start, and I’m going to give my all for this club. [My ambitions are] to win prizes. To win prizes, play a lot and show them who we are and who I am."
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Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.