Liverpool transfer target Ryan Gravenberch has reiterated he will look to leave Bayern Munich this summer if he is not guaranteed more playing time next season.
The Netherlands international moved to the Bundesliga giants last summer from Ajax for an initial fee of around £18m but has found time on the pitch hard to come by with the German champions.
Gravenberch made 33 appearances in total across all competitions but was limited to less than 1000 minutes in total, which worked out at an average of 28 a match.
The midfielder, who will be part of the Oranje Jong squad that takes part in the Under-21s European Championships this month, started just three times in the Bundesliga last term and said he plans to speak with manager Thomas Tuchel when he returns to Bavaria for showdown talks about his future.
expected to play more minutes than I did. I thought I would get some more chances,” Gravenberch told ESPN ahead of the Dutch U21s’ Group A game with Belgium on Wednesday evening.
“It’s about just wanting to play, that’s the most important thing at my age. I hope this can happen at Bayern Munich, otherwise we’ll just have to look further.
“I told everyone that I don’t want another year like that. Of course you can’t always be in the starting XI, but you can still play regularly, you can get a lot of minutes