Dominik Szoboszlai saved Liverpool last season - now club needs to do him 3 favors
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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesDominik SzoboszlaiLiverpool has rewarded Dominik Szoboszlai for his performances last season with a new long-term contract at Anfield, but the Reds shouldn't stop doing him favors thereDominik Szoboszlai has signed a new long-term contract at Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)It’s been a quiet summer so far for Liverpool. After all, he was perilously close to denying the Reds a spot in next season’s Champions League with Bournemouth, and as proud as that would have made him, it would have been an embarrassing situation for his new club to find itself in.That Liverpool managed to cling on to fifth is in no small part thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai.
It was said at so many points during last season, but you dread to think where the Reds might have finished had it not been for the Hungarian.Szoboszlai was by far and away Liverpool’s best player last season, and practically the only positive to take from a dismal campaign. He deserved a lot better, having come up clutch with goals against Leeds, Bournemouth and Manchester City to seemingly rescue points for his side, only for them to be thrown away almost immediately.When you look at the table and see that Liverpool ended up just three points clear of Bournemouth, his free-kicks against Arsenal and Tottenham at home take on even greater significance, but then anyone who watched the Reds can tell you it wasn’t just his set-pieces that set him apart from the rest of his teammates.Dominik Szoboszlai was undoubtedly Liverpool's best player last season(Image: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)It’s only right then that he's been rewarded with a new long-term contract.
Had Liverpool let his deal run down with just two years remaining, there would have been some justifiable anger from fans.But now that he’s been rewarded for his performances last season, and effectively saving the Reds from utter humiliation, the club shouldn’t stop there with favors.The obvious place to start is making him vice-captain now that Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah have departed. The Reds have secured their next Gerrard for the next five years, and they have to make sure they get the best out of him in that time.James Findlater James Findlater is a Content Editor for Liverpool.com, bringing nearly a decade of experience to his coverage of Liverpool FC and the wider football landscape.