Julian Nagelsmann has tried to explain why Liverpool midfielder's Ryan Gravenberch time at Bayern Munich did not work out. The current Germany manager signed the Netherlands international from Ajax in the summer of 2022 when he was in charge of the Bundesliga giants.

Despite being regarded as one of the best young midfielders in the world, Gravenberch found minutes hard to come by in Munich, firstly under Nagelsmann and then under his replacement, current England boss Thomas Tuchel.

And after just one season and three starts in the German top flight, the Dutchman moved to Merseyside after agreeing a £34.3m transfer. What's happened since, makes that look a bargain.

True, it took time for Gravenberch to settle at Liverpool, while his form at times this season has dipped like so many of his team-mates, but for large parts of the 2024-25 campaign, when Arne Slot...