Szoboszlai's agent details his 'road to Liverpool'

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5 Jul 2023 • 1:26 AM MYT
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Liverpool have a lot of faith in new signing Dominik Szoboszlai after triggering his release clause.

The creative midfielder has signed on the dotted line for the Premier League giants.

Szoboszlai's agent Matyas Esterhazy believes the Reds' decision to give his client the No.8 shirt proves he will be an immediate starter.

"Dominik has become an adult, [a] responsible man who is well aware of his obligations and what surrounds him," Esterhazy told Nemzeti Sport in Hungary.

"I think there are many normal parents who wish their son to achieve similar success, and when Dominik is photographed wearing a Liverpool shirt, he doesn't see the salary, but the road from Szekesfehervar (hometown) to this point.

"It's a long, difficult road, but Dominik is an example that you can go through it, you can get this far, it's available to everyone, but you have to see the work done and follow it, and I hope more and more people respect the footballer because of all this training and practice.

"[The No.8 is] rather a huge appreciation. Dominik's father, Zsolt Szoboszlai, and I are still at Liverpool's training center and it is incredible to feel the great respect with which Dominik has been received and treated.

"Liverpool previously paid more for the acquisition of Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunez, third place on this list is a big deal, expressing the club's intentions. The No.8 jersey is a sign of respect, trust. We have felt a lot of this in recent days.

"We were in contact with many clubs, with whom communication was closer, more frequent, others more relaxed. My conversations with Liverpool have gotten serious over the last few days, they have outlined what they have in mind, and by late Friday afternoon things had become very acute.

"There were no particular problems, we actually agreed quickly. We talked a lot about opportunities before, Liverpool were always very important to us and when it became clear that they wanted to get Dominik, the question was whether they would accept Leipzig's terms. It has been accepted, and that is a huge thing."