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Martin Zubimendi was on Liverpool's radar back in the summer but they ultimately missed out(Image: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Michael Owen admits Ryan Gravenberch "got lucky" that Liverpool missed out on Martin Zubimendi - with the Dutch midfielder able to make the midfield slot his own.

I do think when you get a group, a collective of good characters and players, the ones who necessarily all get swept along.

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“It shows all the time at every club, if you've got a bad team, a bad set of characters or a bad group, I don't care who you sign.



If you go back to when Jurgen Klopp first joined, there were so many average players but there was a group of them that led the way.

People like James Milner and Jordan Henderson were never world class.

"There were so many players who you'd say they are never going to reach these heights but when you get that good group and leadership then it sweeps the whole lot.

There are a lot of good players there but they can't do it.”

Ryan Gravenberch has produced a stellar season under Arne Slot(Image: Getty Images)

Gary Neville is among those to praise the way in which Slot has got the most out of the players he inherited.

Slot said: “The player we wanted to bring in (Zubimendi) – I think that’s pretty much out in the open now – he was also a player who was really comfortable.