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Ryan Gravenberch’s journey to Premier League star took a decidedly sour detour for one sullen season in the Bundesliga in 2022/23.
Bayern Munich had just signed him as a teenage wonderkid from AFC Ajax. But after a year of scarcely playing him, Gravenberch wanted out, and Liverpool was more than happy to oblige.
“It never felt like [Bayern] had a plan for him at all,” English football pundit Andy Brassel said in extended, exclusive comments to talkSport, noting that the Bavarians were ‘chaotic at the time.’
This was the summer of 2022, a failed transfer class that also included Sadio Mané, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, and Mathys Tel. At the time Bayern was actually the…
