Many midfielders who were the mainstays of the midfield under Jurgen Klopp, who took over the helm in 2015, including Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, and James Milner, left the team and were replaced by four new players.
One of them, Dominik Szoboszlai, also made his first Premier League start with RB Leipzig. After spending preseason with the first team, he showed abundant athleticism and creativity from the start of the season, even in games where he was outnumbered.
Manchester City, a top contender in the domestic league, has Norwegian international Erling Haaland, who played with him during his time at RB Salzburg.
The relationship between the two players continues, and he revealed that they communicated even before it was announced that he was joining Liverpool.
“We got really close because we were both young, we had to learn so many things and we had to grow up because we were still boys,”
“If we would play together now, it would be another situation – I think it would be quite good.”
“We spoke (before). Before it was official, I sent him a picture with the Liverpool shirt and he was like: ‘What is happening?’ and I say, ‘we’re going to see eachother’ and he said: ‘Congratulations, the Premier League is crazy’.”
“He has the house and then two houses between us, I faced him when I played in Leipzig, great player, great guy so yeah.”
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Haaland has been an explosive scorer and goal scorer since his first year in the Premier League. Szoboszlai, who has been compared to Steven Gerrard in both offense and defense.
Both 23 years old and about to reach the peak of their careers, the two players will lead a new era.