{"id":37629,"date":"2025-04-21T06:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37629\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T06:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T06:32:08","slug":"liverpool-can-answer-roy-keanes-transfer-demands-by-replacing-once-undroppable-star-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/37629\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool can answer Roy Keane’s transfer demands by replacing once ‘undroppable’ star | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Liverpool<\/a> cruising towards Premier League glory, it could prove tricky for Arne Slot<\/a> to pick holes in his squad. However, the Reds may need to be brutal in their recruitment if they are to continue their challenge for silverware next season.<\/p>\n

Roy Keane<\/a> has already called for Liverpool<\/a> to be bold in the transfer window, and if the higher powers at Anfield entertain such demands then it could spell bad news for some players, including Ryan Gravenberch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has solved the Reds\u2019 midfield woes this season and looked undroppable at times with comfortable performances in Slot\u2019s side. However, he may not be the long-term solution in the No. 6 role, and his displays in recent weeks have highlighted why.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands international has endured a poor few months, in stark contrast to how he kickstarted the campaign, and his displays in Liverpool<\/a>\u2019s toughest moments have highlighted why the Reds could dip into the market for an alternative.<\/p>\n

Gravenberch is more than capable of keeping play ticking and protecting his backline, but he can also slow his side down and frequently lacks the instinct to pull the strings in deeper areas, despite enjoying extended periods of the game under minimal pressure with the ball at his feet.<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> highlighted the true profile of the player they want in the deeper midfield role when pursuing Martin Zubimendi previously, and they are likely to have similar alternatives on their shortlist of options.<\/p>\n

Ex-Manchester United<\/a> star Keane made it no secret that he felt there is clear room for improvement in the Merseyside outfit\u2019s squad after Liverpool<\/a> secured a 1-0 victory over Leicester City on Sunday. He said: \u201cOf course, you\u2019d be delighted with the way the season\u2019s gone, champions with a few games to go, but you\u2019d have to be critical of the squad and start looking where they can improve. Great news for Liverpool<\/a> with the players staying on, big players, big boost for everybody, but they\u2019ll certainly look at recruitment in the summer where they can get stronger.<\/p>\n

“The key now for Liverpool<\/a> is can they kick on and win the title again? That\u2019s where you try and become a great team, win it three or four times like Manchester City<\/a> have done. That\u2019s all the challenges. Yes, you enjoy yourself, pat yourself on the back saying you\u2019ve won the league but he\u2019ll [Slot] certainly be looking with his staff in terms of recruitment how they can be stronger next season.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Liverpool cruising towards Premier League glory, it could prove tricky for Arne Slot to pick holes in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,1127,1677,12406,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-37629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-liverpool-transfer-news","14":"tag-roy-keane","15":"tag-ryan-gravenberch","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114374557572104031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}