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Original Title: Ryan Sr. (Gravenberch’s father): “I think if we had not been there with our, he would have landed in a depression. He was working really hard at Bayern Munich, but he was never given a chance to shine. Seeing him with Slot & Liverpool, I have to say in all honesty that he went from hell to heaven”
Ryan Gravenberch on his time at Bayern: “I was going crazy in my head. I was lucky my parents had moved to Munich for me. I don’t know what would have happened if I had been out there just on my own…it was really tough mentally.
I was happy we were champions, but my contribution was small. I know we stood there as champions but I did not feel like a champion at all. It was a totally different feeling from all the other times I won trophies
Under Nagelsmann, I would go three matches in a row spending 90 minutes watching my team. That is when I started to go crazy in my head. In the winter I was totally done with it. During the last two months of the season under Tuchel, I got more minutes than in the entire period before.
I remember how I felt at Bayern, but I know I have managed to climb out of that low. And that is what I am proud of”
Ryan Sr. (Gravenberch’s father): “I think if we had not been there with him, he would have landed in a depression,” Gravenberch senior told Dutch magazine Helden.
“When you say something like that as a parent, people might think ‘oh dear, here is another father who thinks his son is so brilliant.’ But the football world is hard - and people in that world are too. A lot was said about him, but people forgot this was a young boy of 21.
“The whole Bayern Munich adventure never worked out like he expected. He was working really hard, but he was never given a chance to shine.
“At that time, we could not dream that he would get a transfer to Liverpool and that Arne Slot would become his coach. When I look at what has happened to him with Slot and Liverpool I have to say in all honesty that he has gone from hell to heaven!”