Jurgen Klopp said four words to Ryan Gravenberch and Liverpool transfer was certain
Ryan Gravenberch says it was Jurgen Klopp's determination to sign him that convinced him to leave Bayern Munich for Liverpool on transfer deadline day.
And the Netherlands international has revealed how he has tried to model his game on France and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane since he broke into the Ajax team as a teenager.
Gravenberch became Liverpool's fourth and final signing of the summer when he moved from Bayern for around £40m on September 1. It brought an end to a summer-long pursuit for the Reds as they completed a midfield rebuild that also saw Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo added to their ranks.
Despite the last-gasp nature of his deadline day move, Gravenberch had been a long-standing target for Liverpool with the club meeting with the player's representatives earlier this year before Bayern finally agreed to allow the wantaway midfielder to move to Merseyside.
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And Gravenberch has detailed how Klopp's keenness to bring him into the fold at Anfield let him know it was the right time to move away after a year at Bayern that involved few first-team opportunities.
"Before I came in, I spoke with the coach and he gave me a good feeling," Gravenberch revealed. "He said to me: 'Yes, I want you'. And he gave me his plans and explained everything. He gave me such a good feeling that my decision was a fast one.
"Of course, I spoke a little bit with Virgil (van Dijk) too and he said that Liverpool was a top club and that I was going to play, for sure. So he said those sorts of things to me and that also gave me a good
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