Liverpool set to complete Ryan Gravenberch transfer after Bayern Munich breakthrough
Ryan Gravenberch is flying in for his Liverpool medical after an agreement was reached with Bayern Munich on Thursday.
The Reds have had a long-standing interest in the Netherlands international and were finally given encouragement on Wednesday that a deal could be thrashed out with the Bundesliga champions before Friday night’s 11pm transfer deadline.
Liverpool have now agreed a deal worth around £40m with the German giants which has cleared the midfielder to travel to Merseyside to undergo his routine tests ahead of a move.
It’s understood the Reds will pay an initial fee of around £35m with a further £5m of add-ons to take their summer spending past the £150m mark.
Should there be no complications during the medical, Gravenberch will sign a five-year deal with the Reds to become their fourth signing of the summer after Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo.
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Liverpool injury setback sends clear signal to Jurgen Klopp over deadline day transfer move
Nobody can accuse Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp of not being consistent with his views regards playing options.
“The solution cannot be to have a much bigger squad for the specific moment and then realise you cannot use all the players,” said the Reds boss. “We cannot keep someone in the backyard and bring them up in the decisive moment. That will not help. We will have solutions for that, we have young players.”
Not, as could easily have been the case, comments from Klopp earlier this month. Instead, they date back to the summer of 2020 as Liverpool prepared to begin the defence of their Premier League title.