Ryan Gravenberch is thought to be disappointed at Bayern Munich just a number of months into his vocation at the club, right after not getting as a great deal activity time as he hoped when he joined.
The Dutch youngster joined the German champions this summer from Ajax, with the Amsterdam aspect open up to selling as he was not ready to increase his contract at the club.
Bayern Munich ended up signing the player – a single of two former Ajax gamers they signed this yr, with Noussair Mazraoui remaining the other as he moved following the expiry of his contract.
There have recently been rumours suggesting Manchester United are monitoring the scenario, with a view to a long term shift, and that would surely be a smart preference offered Gravenberch’s heritage with Erik ten Hag.
Ten Hag gave Gravenberch his breakthrough
Gravenberch has been of fascination to Manchester United for a extremely extensive time – dating again to his early days in soccer in 2020, but a organization shift was hardly ever built.
The participant even admitted there was fascination, but he already had an arrangement with Bayern Munich this summer months and was unwilling to split his term amidst tales linking him with a move next Ten Hag’s appointment.
“Manchester United are a very massive club, but I had a extremely superior experience with Bayern Munich and I experienced offered my phrase,” Gravenberch reported to De Telegraaf back again in June, quickly right after finishing his transfer to Germany.
Gravenberch has a potent romantic relationship with 10 Hag – it was him that gave the youngster his senior experienced debut at Ajax, acquiring created at the academy because 2010.
At the time in 2018, he turned the youngest Ajax debutant of all time at 16 years and 130 times aged, overtaking Clarence Seedorf’s record by 80 days.
He overtook Seedorf’s goalscoring record as effectively, turning into Ajax’s youngest at any time goalscorer just a few days later on as he scored in a cup match from newbie aspect HVV Te Werve.
In time, Gravenberch was massively dependable by 10 Hag, usually remaining chosen for top matches in the Netherlands and in Europe, getting to be the next-youngest participant to perform 100 matches for Ajax.
Ryan Gravenberch arrived at Ajax in 2010 when he was 8 yrs old, signed his very first agreement with the initially crew at the age of 16 and became the youngest player in the record of Ajax to make his formal debut.
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He was 19 several years and 328 days old when he attained that feat, just driving Matthijs de Ligt and just in advance of Christian Eriksen, the male he could be the extended-expression successor of at Manchester United.
Ten Hag even efficiently managed the participant in the course of his tricky spell of kind in the center of the 2021-22 season, assisting him return to his finest towards the close of that campaign, contributing to a title win.
The Purple Devils do need to improve their midfield: their options are restricted, squad is thin and though Eriksen has created a fantastic begin, he won’t be about eternally, forcing the club to look at the extensive operate.
Gravenberch’s assault-minded expertise would be a suited fit, though he’s also inclined to add on the other facet of the pitch, earning him a worthwhile addition to the Manchester United squad, must they move for him.
