Ryan Gravenberch wins premier league young player of the season | OneFootball

The ex-Ajax starlet has been a revelation in a deeper role for Liverpool, and just two years after leaving Bayern Munich, he has been crowned as the Hublot Young Player of the Season. With one match left of the 38-game season, Gravenberch has missed just one match, and recorded four assists as Liverpool comfortable won their 20th top division title, with it being their second in the Premier League era.

Despite not scoring, the 23-year-old edged beat fellow nominees Liam Delap, Anthony Elanga, Dean Huijsen, Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Morgan Rogers and William Saliba. He becomes the first Liverpool player to win the award since Trent Alexander-Arnold in 2019-20, and the first Dutchman to do so.

Having left Ajax for Munich for a fee of €18 million in 2022, he then made the move to Merseyside just a year later for approximately £35 million. Initially spending his first season under the legendary figure of Jürgen Klopp, he played more of a rotational role in the squad, often impacting games from the left side of central midfield. However this campaign the arrival of former Feyenoord boss Arne Slot has been catalyst for his development. Now playing as a defensive midfielder alongside Alexis Mac Allister, the powerful midfielder has improved the defensive side of his game, whilst still retaining his excellent ball-carrying, a skill that he has possessed since his youthful days in the Ajax academy.

Despite enjoying a fantastic season on both an individual and team level, Gravenberch will be dreaming of more as his promising career goes from strength-to-strength.

GBENeFN | Samuel Fabre