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Liverpool Moving Ahead with Szoboszlai Deal

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The Reds beat out Newcastle to the Hungarian’s services.

Boom! After an entire day of “Will they or won’t they?” stories about whether Liverpool was going to trigger Dominik Szoboszlai’s €70million/£60.1m release clause before it expires today, David Ornstein has reported that Liverpool FC will be proceeding to finish up a deal with RB Leipzig for his services.

There were fears that Newcastle United would trigger the clause and pip the Reds to the signing, but several stories of the player preferring a move to Merseyside to work with Klopp were on the money. In hindsight, it shouldn’t be surprising given the Newcastle couldn’t convince James Maddison to join them over Spurs.

Paul Joyce of The Times is also reporting the same.

Liverpool will add a dynamic player if the deal is completed as expected. The 22-year-old Hungarian is one of the best chance creators in the Bundesliga, ranking as one of 14 players to have created 100+ chances over the past two seasons, with 2.5 chances created per 90 minutes since the start of the 2021/22 season. He also adds a long-range threat, which Liverpool have lacked for a while now, with a great-looking shot. Most importantly, he looks to possess the engine needed to be a Klopp player, with his appetite to press and win the ball back a clearly attractive attribute to Liverpool.

And that’s another piece to the midfield puzzle added. Big Jörg is out here doing bits already.



Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com

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