Dominik Szoboszlai’s admission will give Arne Slot plenty to think about during Liverpool’s pre-season

Sandor Csanyi, the president of the Hungarian FA, has revealed that Dominik Szoboszlai was not fully fit when he took part in the European Championship this summer – although there was no chance that the Liverpool number eight, who is a national hero in his homeland to. , sitting out the tournament.

Signed for a fee of around $76m (£60m/€70m) last summer, when his release clause at RB Leipzig was activated, Szoboszlai flew from the traps to Liverpool. But after getting injured in the first game of 2024 against Newcastle United, the Hungarian never returned to the same heights.

Csanyi explained that he has not fully moved on from the injury setbacks he suffered by the time Euro 2024 comes around. As a result, Liverpool will have to be careful with the 23-year-old’s workload this summer ahead of the new campaign which starts at mid August.

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“He was not in top form at the European Championship,” Csanyi told Nemzeti Sport. “This is also a consequence of the fact that he was not 100% from the injury in the winter and in the tournament, he was struggling with a slight injury for a long time.

“Of course he can’t be proud to be on the ‘Disappointment Team’ either and it makes me sick to see it too. However, we, together with all the supporters of the national team, must encourage and help him. in this situation, Szoboszlai is only 23 years old and was the youngest team captain at the European Championships.

“His will and attitude were exemplary, he tried to act as a leader on the pitch. There is no doubt that he is the biggest star of the current national team, but because of his age alone, he cannot be expected to always perform in the form of his life.”

Liverpool.com says: Szoboszlai is a very good player and his first few months at Anfield have shown that. The only problem after Christmas was that he got injured and never quite got over it. He looked shattered and the hope will be that he has freshened up enough over the summer to go again on August 17th.