Liverpool verify iconic Szoboszlai squad quantity with £60m deal accomplished
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ominik Szoboszlai has signed for Liverpool in a quick-fire £60million switch, being handed one of many membership’s most iconic numbers.
The Reds agreed to pay the Hungarian winger’s launch clause to convey him over from RB Leipzig reportedly simply hours earlier than it expired final week.
After present process a medical on Saturday, Szoboszlai put pen to paper on a five-year contract to develop into Liverpool’s second signing of an essential summer time after Argentine World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister’s £35m arrival from Brighton final month.
He has been handed the No8 jersey synonymous with Anfield icon Steven Gerrard that was lately made vacant by the departure of out-of-contract midfielder Naby Keita to Werder Bremen.
“It’s really, really good. I enjoyed the last [few] days and I’m looking forward to knowing everybody better,” Szoboszlai instructed Liverpool’s official web site.
“The last three or four days went really long; it was not that easy. But at the end I’m here, I’m happy and I can’t wait to get started.
“[A] really historic club, really good players, good coach, everything is good. For me it was perfect to make the next step in a club like this. The fans, the stadium, everything is really good.”
Szoboszlai, 22, notched 10 objectives and 13 assists for Leipzig final season together with a purpose within the German Cup ultimate as he continued his spectacular ascent up the European soccer ladder.
The Red Bull system noticed his skills whereas within the youth academy of MTK Budapest and he joined RB Salzburg reserve membership Liefering as a youngster.
New recruit: Dominik Szoboszlai has joined Liverpool in a £60m transfer from RB Leipzig
/ Liverpool FC by way of Getty ImagesAfter impressing in Salzburg he moved to Leipzig for a two-and-a-half-year spell which noticed him carry the DFB-Pokal twice.
“The first thing for me to say is welcome to Liverpool, Dominik. I know how excited he is to be here with us, so it is important that he understands that we are all just as excited to have him,” Jurgen Klopp instructed the Liverpool web site.
“We already have a little knowledge of Dominik as an opponent because we had a couple of really tough games against Red Bull Salzburg when he was a player there and I think everyone who saw those fixtures will have realised that even at that stage he was a really interesting prospect.
“I’m fairly certain he was nonetheless a youngster at the moment and since then he has made some massive strides – shifting to Leipzig, doing actually, very well within the Bundesliga, taking part in for the Hungary nationwide group after which changing into captain of his nationwide group at an extremely younger age.
“These are proper positives and this is even before we even think about his qualities as a footballer. I will not say too much about them at this stage except they are definitely the kind which will hopefully bring a lot of enjoyment and also help us to get results.”