Liverpool FC have completed the signing of Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig, the club has announced.
The midfielder joins the Red’s on a five-year deal until 2028 after his contract at RB Leipzig was triggered on June 30th for £60m.
He becomes Liverpool’s second new addition this window, following the signing of Alexis Mac Allister, who joined the club last month for £35m from Brighton and Hove Albion.
“It’s really, really good. I enjoyed the last [few] days and I’m looking forward to knowing everybody better.” Szoboszlai said after putting pen to paper.
“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.”
The 22-year old joins Liverpool after having made 91 appearances for Leipzig across two and a half years. He went on to score 20 goals and notched 22 assists in all competitions and helped the Bundesliga side win the DFB Pokal both in last year and this year.
Before joining Leipzig, Szoboszlai had played at RB Salzburg and FC Liefering.
He made his professional debut at Liefering in 2017 and played 33 games in the 2017-18 season before he switched to Salzburg.
At Salzburg, the youngster featured in 83 games in three seasons and found the back of the 26 times. In 2019/20, he was named the Australian Bundesliga Player of the season.
At International level, Szoboszlai is capped 32 times for Hungary and has seven goals so far.
His new side, Liverpool will play in the UEFA Europa League next season after having finished sixth on the EPL log last season.
