Gary Neville names three Premier League stars who have surprised him most this season

Gary Neville has picked the 3 players who person astir amazed him successful the Premier League truthful acold this season, with Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch praised for his displays

Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch has amazed Gary Neville with the level of his performances this play nether Arne Slot ’s management.

Gravenberch was signed by Slot’s predecessor Jurgen Klopp from Bayern Munich for £34million successful September 2023, but didn’t marque an interaction past season. Since Slot took implicit successful the summer, Gravenberch has emerged arsenic a existent unit successful the midfield for Liverpool, who are 5 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League aft 11 games.

He has amazed Neville on with Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, who has been exceptional successful beforehand of extremity truthful far, and Ipswich guardant Liam Delap, who has taken to top-flight shot similar a duck to water.

“Gravenberch is simply a monolithic astonishment with however good helium has played astatine the commencement of the play [for Liverpool],” Neville said connected The Overlap. “I don’t deliberation anyone expected him to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic helium has been successful that presumption [in midfield]. Curtis Jones has been precise bully too.

“Chris Wood with 8 goals has got to beryllium successful the apical three, Liam Delap with six goals for Ipswich. I’m not amazed by Danny Welbeck, he’s precise bully – his existent signifier is amended than immoderate existent [Manchester] United beforehand subordinate this season. Morgan Rogers astatine [Aston] Villa could beryllium apical notch.

“I’d spell Wood fig one, Delap fig 2 and Gravenberch successful three.” Wood is presently associated second-top scorer successful the Premier League on with Mohamed Salah and Bryan Mbeumo, with the trio down lone Erling Haaland, who has 12 goals truthful acold this season.

Joining the conversation, erstwhile Arsenal striker Ian Wright had a fewer different names to enactment into the mix. “I similar the mode Liam Delap has travel up – we should notation Antoine Semenyo astatine Bournemouth arsenic well,” helium said. “Carlos Baleba astatine Brighton – helium was unbelievable against [Manchester] City. Two years ago, helium was astatine Lille, present Brighton has recovered different 1 [player].

“We besides request to notation [Yoane] Wissa and Mbeumo – Ivan Toney’s gone, and they’ve conscionable ploughed through. They’ve not missed him (Toney) astatine all.”

Gravenberch made 26 appearances successful the Premier League successful 2023/24, but lone 12 of those were starts, with chap caller arrivals Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo and Dominik Szoboszlai much prominent. The Dutchman has connected with Slot, who has got the champion retired of him by handing the ex-Ajax antheral much responsibility.

"There were sometimes matches successful which I had lone touched the shot erstwhile aft 5 oregon six minutes. Then you don't get into your game. Now I get the shot more, past you get much comfortable," Gravenberch said earlier this season. "He conscionable saw this. In the extremity it worked retired well.”

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