Dominik Szoboszlai signed, three deals done – perfect Liverpool transfer window for $138m spend

Liverpool would make good on transfer links to Dominik Szoboszlai in an ideal window, completing three more deals in total to build a really competitive squad.

Liverpool would sign Dominik Szoboszlai in the perfect transfer window.

If Liverpool fans needed something to get over the midweek hump, it was provided yesterday in the form of more transfer intrigue.

After a couple of weeks of plodding along with the same few names and precious little by way of genuine updates on them, a brand new candidate has emerged — with a ticking clock attached to add to the drama.

The news came from David Ornstein in The Athletic, with his report claiming that Liverpool holds an interest in Dominik Szoboszlai of RB Leipzig.

Adding fuel to the fire, Fabrizio Romano then re-shared his own information that the player has a release clause which expires after June 30.

It’s an interesting clause which then reactivates in January, so Liverpool will not necessarily seek to rush through a bid. It may feel that the $77m (£61m/€70m) valuation is too high, preferring instead to negotiate.

But while the club acknowledges it will be a complex deal to get done, Szoboszlai is ‘high in [the club’s] thinking’.

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So he should be. In fact, Szoboszlai would constitute part of the perfect transfer window for Liverpool, with the club having already signed Alexis Mac Allister.

The Hungarian is an excellent stylistic match for previous priority target Mason Mount, has come through the Red Bull school, and looks ready-made for one of Jürgen Klopp’s new twin advanced number eight roles.

We have written before that a more specialized defensive presence would be needed to constitute an ideal Liverpool transfer window.

But in Szoboszlai, Klopp would be getting a number eight prepared to do more than his fair share of the dirty work. Likewise, Mac Allister is no stranger to that side of the game, having even played as a number six before.

As the two in front of Fabinho, they would provide plenty of protection, allowing the Reds to delay a decision in that area of the field for at least another season.

Even with two such astute additions, Liverpool should still stretch to a third new midfielder. But with Szoboszlai and Mac Allister both of starting quality already, the next one through the door could come in with less pressure, and more emphasis on potential. That’s where the more now-familiar names come back to the fore, with the club picking from the likes of Khéphren Thuram, Gabri Veiga and Ryan Gravenberch.

If it ends up being possible to prize the latter away from Bayern Munich, that would be perfect. Gravenberch always looked like the ideal ‘third addition’ midfielder: sky-high potential, but with that little bit more risk attached. After all, he has hardly played this year. But at the same time, he more than earned his wonderkid status at Ajax, and Klopp could turn him into something incredible.

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If the price of just $28m (£22m/€25m) quoted by Fichajes is even vaguely accurate, Liverpool should be pushing hard.

The actual figure would surely be higher if a deal could be agreed, with Bayern Munich only paying slightly less than that to sign him last summer, but nor would FSG have to break the bank. The far bigger barrier is the potential reluctance in Bavaria to let him go at all.

Finally, Liverpool cannot neglect the defense, and the ideal summer would see the club get ahead of a potential issue by signing a young new center-back with plenty of potential.

A much-cited name is Micky van de Ven, and he does seem to fit the bill, although it seems there will be competition from Spurs. If the Reds can win that race, they will have to pay around $33m (£26m/€30m) to Wolfsburg, per Goal.

Those three deals would total an outlay of $138m (£109m/€126m), on top of what has already been spent on Mac Allister.

That’s clearly a very significant transfer window for FSG, especially with no major outgoings expected, but there is an acceptance that a rebuild is needed. Genuine quality will not be acquired much cheaper.

It remains to be seen just how far Liverpool is prepared to go. But with this latest Szoboszlai link, the perfect transfer window is becoming clearer.