Dominik Szoboszlai’s transfer to Liverpool may have been so very completely different.
New claims have emerged that the Hungary worldwide snubbed a transfer to Italy again in 2020, with all of the documentation and private phrases agreed for a change from Crimson Bull Salzburg .
As a substitute, a switch to Germany after which the Premier League transpired, with the 24-year-old now set to earn his first top-flight medal in England this season. So, who did Szoboszlai nearly be a part of?
Why did Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai snub a transfer to Italy again in 2020?
Dominik Szoboszlai has been dubbed Liverpool’s finest signing in years (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Szoboszlai’s midfield qualities are there for all to see. The Hungarian oozes closes together with his defence-splitting passes, in addition to his terrific ball retention in tight areas. He’s a participant who’s proving so essential to the way in which Arne Slot desires to play.
Set to change into a Premier League winner in a number of weeks’ time, Szoboszali rejected a transfer to Italy 5 years in the past, with the membership’s in questions former Chief Soccer Officer admitting he tried and tried to persuade the gifted midfielder.
Arne Slot has used Dominik Szoboszlai to nice impact (Picture credit score: Carl Recine/Getty Photographs)
“Personally I went to shut [with] Dani Olmo,” started ex-AC Milan chief Zvonimir Boban when talking to Calciomercato not too long ago. “They did not need to do it, it was January 2020. All the things was agreed, possibly one thing needed to be raised, however it was a deal value 18 [million Euros] plus two [million in add-ons].
“We had additionally taken Szoboszlai, all the things was agreed: 20 million of the clause with Salzburg. Two operations that we’d have concluded with the gross sales of [Krzysztof] Piatek and Suso. There too they denied and I mentioned to myself: ‘What the hell is that this?'”.
Signing Szoboszlai for £20m would have been a masterstroke from Milan, particularly given Liverpool paid £60m for his companies in 2023, and even that appears to now be one thing of a steal within the grand scheme of issues.
“It is completely different. Final yr I used to be taking part in as an eight and I feel extra as a defensive a part of the sport than offensively,” the Hungarian mentioned not too long ago when requested concerning the influence Slot has had on his time on Merseyside.
Dominik Szoboszlai has made 47 appearances for Liverpool to date this season (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
“This time I’m just a little bit extra offensively than defensively and I am nonetheless doing the work for the defence half.
“He [Slot] modified my sport so much and I improved I feel so much below him as a result of he was entering into on a sure level that I used to be by no means excited about to be improved. I nonetheless can enhance for positive and I am engaged on it daily.”
