It’s a summer time of overhaul for Liverpool’s midfield with a bunch of gamers departing the membership and an entire lot of recent ones needing to return in.
James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita and Fabio Carvalho won’t be on the membership subsequent season, leaving the ageing trio of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara along with the youthful prospects Stefan Bajcetic and Harvey Elliott.
Consequently, Liverpool have been linked with nearly each single half-decent midfielder in Europe. They obtained the Alexis Mac Allister deal over the road very early and an settlement for RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai has gathered tempo.
This is why Liverpool are so eager on plugging certainly one of their holes in midfield with Szoboszlai.
Whereas there’s a large need to usher in a defensive midfielder, Liverpool clearly need to rating lots of objectives from midfield subsequent season. Mac Allister is attack-minded with a observe file of discovering the web and the identical might be stated for Szoboszlai.
Szoboszlai scored ten objectives from midfield for RB Leipzig within the 2022/23 season after making 48 appearances, displaying each how necessary he’s to the Bundesliga facet and in addition how prolific he might be from the midfield. He additionally chipped in with 13 assists throughout all competitions.
The Purple Bull graduate is extremely technically gifted and he stands at a commanding 1.87 metres (6’1). He has the bodily profile of a participant who can switch to the Premier League effectively and might be of use in each containers. His passing vary is great and even with a giant charge, it may very well be a really sensible piece of enterprise. Throughout his complete profession, Szoboszlai’s output has been spectacular; in simply 226 video games he has scored 64 occasions and offered 73 assists.
One other main level in his favour is his unbelievable versatility, proving to be as comfy on both flank as he’s in the course of the pitch.
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Membership |
Appearances |
Targets |
Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
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AKA Purple Bull Salzburg U18 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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Purple Bull Salzburg UEFA U19 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
|
FC Liefering |
42 |
16 |
11 |
|
Purple Bull Salzburg |
83 |
26 |
34 |
|
RB Leipzig |
91 |
20 |
22 |
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90min revealed Liverpool have entered superior talks to signal Szoboszlai on the finish of June. There was competitors from Newcastle for the 22-year-old midfielder however that appears to have dissipated and he’s the Reds’ to lose at this stage.
When it comes to the switch charge, the discharge clause in Szoboszlai’s contract means Liverpool must pay £60m. There are conflicting experiences about whether or not that has expired, however regardless it reveals the Merseysiders must half with some huge cash to make sure they get the Hungarian. 90min understands the membership are assured they’ll haggle Leipzig all the way down to £50m.
The deal is separate from the negotiations that may see Carvalho spend a 12 months on mortgage at Leipzig and the curiosity within the likes of Southampton’s Romeo Lavia and Good’s Khephren Thuram isn’t anticipated to go away even when this deal is accomplished. Jurgen Klopp’s facet are additionally nonetheless taking a look at Celta Vigo’s Gabri Veiga.
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