Ajax will do everything it can to sell Ryan Gravenberch next summer, as the nineteen-year-old midfielder is unlikely to renew his contract expiring in mid-2023. Gravenberch has already had informal talks with Bayern Munich, it is known The Telegraph† Marc Overmars set the asking price before his departure from Ajax at 25 to 30 million euros.
Bayern’s concrete interest already came out on Friday morning via the General Newspaper† The German superpower is The Telegraph the most concretely interested party, but there are more European top clubs on the line. Gravenberch is officially only allowed to talk to other clubs if Ajax gives permission for this, which has not yet happened. The midfielder’s management has already received a salary indication from Bayern through a detour, it sounds like. Gravenberch has his interests represented by Mino Raiola.
Ajax must sell Gravenberch next summer to prevent another debacle on the transfer market. Last year, the team from Amsterdam already saw Brian Brobbey leave on a free transfer and next summer André Onana and Noussair Mazraoui will also be walking out the door for free. Overmars, who left Ajax at the beginning of February as a result of sexually transgressive behaviour, has made an agreement with Gravenberch that he will be sold if he does not sign up in the summer.
Mike Verweij, journalist from The Telegraph, recently believed that in the case of Gravenberch, who turns twenty in May, Ajax need not fear a transfer-free exodus. “Ajax has one big advantage with the Gravenberch family: normally it is a family that thinks that Ryan cannot walk out the door for free. I think the aim is to sell it next summer.”