Andy Robertson could not help but fire a playful dig at Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo after Ryan Gravenberch signed for Liverpool on Deadline Day.
The Reds confirmed the arrival of Gravenberch from Bayern Munich for £34million on Friday night. The Netherlands midfielder has signed a five-year deal at Anfield and becomes Jurgen Klopp’s fourth and final summer arrival after Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Waturu Endo.
Upon his arrival to the club’s training ground, Gravenberch was pictured meeting his new teammates. Liverpool’s social media team filmed him being given a tour of the facilities, where he bumped into international colleagues Van Dijk and Gakpo, before greeting Robertson for the first time.
As the pair met, Robertson said: “Finally, a good Dutch player.” Laughter could be heard in the background as the Scotland left-back continued: “You OK brother, are you good? Nice to meet you.”
Gravenberch is the third Netherlands international in the Liverpool squad alongside Van Dijk and Gakpo, and is the fifth Dutchman Klopp has signed during his time on Merseyside. Sepp van den Berg and Georginio Wijnaldum are the other two, while Dirk Kuyt is the highest scoring Dutchman in Liverpool history with 71.
He will wear the no.38 at Liverpool and further bolsters the Reds’ midfield options. Speaking after the move was confirmed, Gravenberch said: “I’m very happy. Very happy that the deal is done and I’m finally here. If you see it from the outside, it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world.
“Also the fans, the stadium, I think everything from the outside is top. So that’s why [it was the right club]. I’m really looking forward to [being at Anfield] and I can’t wait to hear the You’ll Never Walk Alone song.
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“Now we start fresh again, a new start, and I’m going to give my all for this club. [My ambitions are] to win prizes. To win prizes, play a lot and show them who we are and who I am.”
Klopp added: “Really happy to bring him in because he’s an exceptional talent. Everybody knows that. He is 21, played over 100 games for Ajax already. Had a, I wouldn’t even say difficult season at Bayern because in that age group it’s completely normal; you go into a world-class team and he had his minutes and stuff like this.
“But how Thomas Tuchel said today in the press conference in Munich I think, the position he is best at, they don’t really have in their system. We have that – that’s good. We have a lot of games to play. We will see how long he needs now because I don’t know, we need to have a look at that.”
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