Liverpool head coach Arne Slot says Ryan Gravenberch still has “a lot to prove” in his new position as the team’s holding midfielder.
The 22-year-old, the last signing of the Jurgen Klopp era, was handed the pivotal number six role in last weekend’s victory over Ipswich.
Although he has played all across the centre of the park in his relatively short career with Ajax and Bayern Munich he had not been tested in the role at Anfield until this summer when Slot took over.
A couple of appearances in pre-season enabled him to move ahead of Wataru Endo, a genuine deep-lying midfielder, in the pecking order in the position which had earmarked for before the Spain international had a change of heart over a move.
But despite a promising second half at Po…