Jabar Ekspres – Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp said he was very happy with the arrival of Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig as his team’s second signing after Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton & Hove Albion.
Szoboszlai was announced by Liverpool on Sunday and at the official announcement he was signed on a five-year contract until 2028.
“The first thing I say is welcome to Liverpool, Dominik. I know how excited he is to be here with us, so it’s important for him to understand that we are all equally excited to have him,” Klopp said, quoted from the club’s official website, Sunday.
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Speaking after Szoboszlai’s official announcement, the former Borussia Dortmund coach admitted that he had pocketed a lot of the Hungarian national team player’s abilities while still an opponent for his team.
At that time, Szoboszlai, who was still defending RB Salzburg, was made helpless after swallowing two defeats in the 2019/2020 Champions League group stage, namely losing 3-4 in October 2019 and losing 0-2 in December 2019.
“We already have a little knowledge of Dominik as an opponent because we had some very tough games against Red Bull Salzburg when he was a player there and I think everyone who saw that game will realize that even at that stage he was a very interesting player,” Klopp said.
The German coach also admitted that since then he has been captivated by the talent of the 22-year-old player who later had a brilliant career with Leipzig and the Hungarian national team.
With Die Bullen, Szoboszlai has appeared 91 times in all competitions by scoring 20 goals and 22 assists and won two trophies, namely the DFB-Pokal (2021/2022, 2022/2023), as reported by Transfermarkt.
At the international level, footballer born 25 October 2000 it has had 32 cap for the Hungarian national team by scoring seven goals and two assists.
