There was certainly a tinge of frustration in seeing Liverpool snap up a player who I have followed for the best part of five years. Dominik Szoboszlai caught my attention at the nebula of talent that is Red Bull Salzburg.
Another player in a long line to pass through the Austrian side, develop and make the switch to the European elite like Sadio Mane and Erling Haaland before him. Arsenal’s interest in the player stretches back to 2020 and specifically the build-up to the 2021 January window.
I interviewed Szoboszlai in the summer of 2021 after his switch to RB Leipzig the previous January where the Bundesliga side beat Arsenal to his signature. He was always ambitious said said: “To be able to compete on the highest level of football makes you stronger.”
