Liverpool eye teenage Ajax midfielder likened to Ryan Gravenberch

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Liverpool was very keen on Jorell Hato over the summer, who instead made the move to Chelsea for £37 million.

The Anfield club’s ties to the Amsterdam giants are starting grow as well.

John Heitinga left the Reds at the of last summer after a year stint as assistant to Arne Slot to become the new manager of Ajax.

Liverpool’s developmental outlook has also seen them send Vitezslav Jaros and James McConnell on loan spells to the Johan Cruyff Arena to soak up experience.

And it seems that the Reds could be keen on taking an Ajax man in return.

Indeed, TeamTALK have reported that 17-year-old Jorthy Mokio is attracting the interest of Liverpool as well as Manchester United and Chelsea.

Mokio has shown versatility, performing impressively as both a centre-back and a defensive midfielder, while also being comfortable at left-back.

Born in Ghent on February 29, 2008, he is widely regarded as one of Europe’s most exciting young footballers.

Standing six feet tall and equipped with a cultured left foot, Mokio has already featured 21 times for the Ajax first team, netting two goals along the way.

Jorthy Mokio.

Based on 575 minutes played [FBref].

Meanwhile, Anfield Watch reporter Bence Boscak  labels the midfielder as a “good duel winner, who reads the game well and has a lot of legs and energy to cover a large section of the pitch” and likens him to Ryan Gravenberch.

He became the second youngest player to make his Eredivisie debut for Ajax at 16 years and 346 days old

The only player younger to debut was Ryan Gravenberch, who made his first appearance at 16 years and 4 months old.

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