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Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

Jurgen Klopp discussed new-look midfield with Dominik Szoboszlai to persuade £60m man to join Liverpool

If Dominik Szoboszlai was unaware of the size of the club he was joining last week, his first seven days as a Liverpool player have surely removed all doubt for the £60m signing.

It was last Friday, June 30, when the captain of the Hungary national team received a phone call telling him the Reds would in fact be meeting the release clause inside his RB Leipzig contract.

That came after Jurgen Klopp had initially interrupted the midfielder's holidays with a video call outlining his desire to bring him to Anfield. It was a crucial part of the entire negotiation and with Szoboszlai desperate to play for the Reds boss, the conversation was all he needed to get on board.

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