Ryan Gravenberch: ‘My brother toughened me up and I became stronger’
Liverpool midfielder on learning the game with his older sibling in Amsterdam and his rise to prominence at Anfield
The Gravenberch boys are not afraid of change. While Ryan’s relatively short career has taken in three of Europe’s most historic clubs, older brother Danzell has ticked 13 different teams in a nomadic existence. And for the former, an eight-year age gap is to thank for propelling him to the heights he has reached.
Ryan Gravenberch’s CV contains spells at Ajax, Bayern Munich and now Liverpool. Danzell Gravenberch’s CV started the same before Universitatea Cluj, Reading and Karmiotissa were added to the lengthy list to bring a very different collection of experiences that started with intense schoolboy kickabouts in Amsterdam. This season, the younger sibling has become an integral part of the team who sit at the top of the Premier League thanks to a fine start under head coach Arne Slot, playing as the team’s highly-impressive No6, a role that will be tested when Chelsea visit Anfield on Sunday.
