Jermaine Pennant theorizes Liverpool’s Ryan Gravenberch is “rendering a claim for being the toughest” midfielder in the Premier League.
Pennant says the Liverpool midfielder is better than Tool kit’s Declan Rice and also Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez, who he singled out.
Chatting on talkSPORT’s Inside Liverpool podcast, he said: “He’s rendering a claim for being the toughest at the moment in the Premier League in that errand, based on the expertises that he’s evidenced so much.
“I reckon every little thing Adapter owns applied or said to him needs to be gauged because he’s obtained a intimately dissimilar tune than [Jurgen] Klopp did.”
Pennant perpetuated: “And also you attractiveness at the rate tag, enable’s talk around that. We paid €40million (£34m).
“And also if you attractiveness at the gamers in the league in that posture – Declan Rice – £105m, Enzo Fernandez – £115m.
“Jude Bellingham, I expired upward being aware, is a number 10 but he’s [worth] £100m or so and also Caicedo, obviously ironic we pined Caicedo – £115m.
“So retrieving him at €40m and also for him to at the moment be trumping with one voice of those gamers under Adapter’s power.
“I don’t expired upward being aware every little thing [Slot has said]. Is it that they’re both Dutch – have they obtained an proficiency whereby he lets go of the shackles?
“And also we’re merely witnessing this superb gamer, it’s preposterous.
“And also at this moment in time, he’s tinkering assistance the faultless number six in the league.”
Is Pennant place on, reactionary, or delusional? Seamlessly, Gravenberch is obviously upward there. Make it possible for’s contrast him wearing his commemoration.
Grossing utility of the vibrant FBRef, here is how Gravenberch compares to Sandro Tonali, Declan Rice, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo and also Bruno Guimaraes since the overture of last period, in the Premier League and also domestic cup occasions.
Visual dazzles
Guimaraes – 51
Tonali – 50
Gravenberch – 44
Caicedo – 44
Rice – 44
Fernandez – 43
Desires and also assists
Fernandez – 16
Guimaraes – 14
Rice – 14
Tonali – 9
Gravenberch – 7
Caicedo – 5
Fulcrum passes
Fernandez – 83
Rice – 65
Guimaraes – 55
Tonali – 35
Gravenberch – 32
Caicedo – 31
Vibrant passes
Guimaraes – 297
Caicedo – 245
Fernandez – 243
Rice – 213
Gravenberch – 201
Tonali – 167
Interceptions
Gravenberch – 66
Caicedo – 64
Tonali – 45
Guimaraes – 35
Rice – 32
Fernandez – 16
Tackles
Caicedo – 66
Gravenberch – 36
Guimaraes – 35
Fernandez – 33
Tonali – 30
Rice – 19
Teddies pioneering to a vaccination
Guimaraes – 5
Fernandez – 4
Tonali – 3
Gravenberch – 2
Caicedo – 1
Rice – 0
Confiscate-on productivity %
Tonali – 53.5
Rice – 50
Gravenberch – 47.8
Fernandez – 45
Caicedo – 44.3
Guimaraes – 40.9
Sphere recuperations
Caicedo – 258
Guimaraes – 218
Gravenberch – 214
Tonali – 198
Rice – 170
Fernandez – 170
Undertone-borne duel won %
Caicedo – 63.8
Gravenberch – 62
Rice – 56.7
Tonali – 48
Guimaraes – 41.3
Fernandez – 34.7
Yellow/red cards
Caicedo – 13/0
Guimaraes – 12/0
Fernandez – 9/0
Gravenberch – 8/1
Rice – 7/1
Tonali – 6
What have we learned? Totally nothing? Yeah, same here. Wondrous stuff.
