I’m not sure Gravenberch is a DM, I’m not sure what he is. When we first bought him he looked lost on the pitch under Klopp but Slot seemed to find a place for him at DM. But he wasn’t a DM in the tradional sense.
He is brilliant at beating the press with his control, turn and accelerate away and he carries the ball well with that long stride when presented with space. Both these attributes often combined together with sucess early in our title winning season.
But half way roughly through that season other teams cottoned on. Stop the passing lane to him when playing out, or just don’t press at all. His influence waned.
It was well documented last season that he wanted to play further forward, was one of my earliest alarm bells for the season. There was even talk that his dad told him to or something. But Slot seemed to agree, emptied our midfield and results nd performances reflected that.
Thing is he is dreadful vs a low block and he has the ball around the penalty area. Again looks lost.
So what will his role be? Who will play the much needed DM? If we don’t sign a midfielder then it must be him and he must accept the discipline of the role.
This worries me.
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