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In Jurgen Klopp's final season in charge, the midfielder made just 12 Premier League starts before a switch to a No.6 role in the engine room under Slot saw him flourish in the Reds' 2024/25 Premier League-winning campaign, featuring in 37 of Liverpool's 38 games.The Reds' bitter rivals, United, have been looking to strengthen their midfield all summer and confirmed the £50m signing of Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos from Chelsea on Monday. I'd go Gravenberch."If you said to me now, I'd take Gravenberch because I think he's the best of the three midfielders and we need a midfielder desperately."The forwards are good but I wouldn't swap them over [Bryan] Mbeumo, [Matheus] Cunha, Bruno [Fernandes], Amad, I'd don't think I'd be jumping to take any of them.
I think they've got potential to do brilliant things but they've not proved it yet."Michael Owen was the last player to play for both Liverpool and United. I’ve said this before, I think Klopp with his football, his personality, I just love it.
Every time you went and watched Liverpool it was a proper game of football, you knew they weren’t holding back and you knew they were going to go for it."You knew they were electric in attack, speed, particularly in that two or three-year period when they had [Sadio] Mane, [Mohamed] Salah and [Roberto] Firmino at their peak. So for me, the style of football, the personality of Klopp, yeah, I’d say Klopp."
