Jurgen Klopp told he 'missed a trick' which was immediately spotted by Arne Slot at Liverpool

Arne Slot has enjoyed a agleam commencement since replacing Jurgen Klopp astatine Liverpool but his finest accomplishment mightiness beryllium the translation of 1 of the Reds’ big-money stars

Jurgen Klopp has been told helium ‘missed a trick’ aft failing to gully the champion retired of Ryan Gravenberch.

The Dutch midfielder became 1 of Klopp’s last signings astatine Anfield arsenic helium completed a £34.2m determination from German giants Bayern Munich. But helium endured a hard debut play aft making conscionable 12 Premier League starts.

Gravenberch has undergone a melodramatic turnaround nether his caller brag Arne Slot. The 22-year-old has been a cardinal subordinate this play successful a somewhat much antiaircraft role.

He has played each azygous infinitesimal of Liverpool ’s Premier League and Champions League campaigns this term. And erstwhile Red Jermaine Pennant has told Klopp that helium made an mistake with his usage of Gravenberch.

Speaking with talkSPORT, helium said: "What I deliberation he’s done amazingly well, that Klopp didn’t, is he’s present starting to get the champion retired of Luis Diaz. He’s present chipping successful with goals galore.

"And the translation of Gravenberch, putting him arsenic the fig six. Klopp missed a instrumentality determination due to the fact that we was playing Endo, nary disrespect to Endo, helium was conscionable a halt gap. He can’t bash what Gravenberch does, connected the crook and driving done that midfield."

Gravenberch himself has spoken retired connected his melodramatic translation this season. He claimed that the assurance helium gets from Slot has fixed him his level to shine.

He said: “The manager knows that I person a batch of shot successful me. He has a wide plan, with the build-up, with the pressing. It’s up to maine to support that and beryllium consistent. He gave maine the accidental from the start. I had to absorption connected a definite position, a spot much defensive.

What tin Liverpool execute this season? Share your thoughts successful the comments below

“I bash my happening and that works retired well. That has to bash with myself and with the coach. There was clarity from the start. We play arsenic a team, and past the idiosyncratic besides looks better.”

Elsewhere, Slot has besides compared his midfielder to Arsenal prima Declan Rice. He is besides thankful for Gravenberch’s translation due to the fact that it meant that Liverpool did not person to splash the currency successful the transportation market.

Slot said: “He is precise comfy with the ball, and I deliberation that's what everybody saw, but not each manager. So, it's a spot of a choice. You tin bring a No.6 successful that's lone truly bully without the shot - hard tackles and sliding - which each instrumentality loves, and a batch of pundits emotion arsenic well.

"Or you look much astatine what tin helium bring for america if we person the ball, and I deliberation helium tin assistance america a batch with the ball. And helium has a bully tackle, but he's not a... Where would you comparison him? He's not an N'Golo Kante, he's a Declan Rice, immoderate you privation to travel up with. But helium is simply a precise bully runner, truthful helium has agelong legs, helium tin support connected running, closing down lines. Is that the mode to accidental it?

"So, helium is not the emblematic No.6 that is making sliding tackles of 3 oregon 4 oregon 5 meters, which a batch of fans besides similar to see. But if you play successful a possession-based team, which helium does, it's a batch astir keeping the ball, making the close decisions if you person the ball, and bringing the shot from the past enactment towards the forwards. It's conscionable a spot of however you look astatine a player.

"But successful the end, helium besides amazed me, not however comfy helium is with the ball, but besides however trustable helium is without the ball. And I deliberation that is thing helium picked up truly fast, oregon which was possibly already wrong of him, but radical and maine ne'er saw before."

Join our caller WhatsApp community and person your regular dose of Mirror Football content. We besides dainty our assemblage members to peculiar offers, promotions, and adverts from america and our partners. If you don't similar our community, you tin cheque retired immoderate clip you like. If you're curious, you tin work our Privacy Notice.