Hungary boss clarifies 'nonsense' reports in bizarre Dominik Szoboszlai and Arne Slot row

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCMarco Rossi caused a bit of a stir with his response to Arne Slot's call for Liverpool's players to be rested by their international managers during the breakHungary manager Marco Rossi(Image: 2024 Soccrates Images B.V.)Hungary boss Marco Rossi has played down suggestions that he has any issue with Arne Slot after comments he made earlier in the international break.Prior to Hungary's friendly win over Slovenia, Rossi appeared to take a swipe at Slot after the Liverpool head coach had urged international managers to rest his players during the break."I think the players need a break more than the manager and unfortunately they have to keep on playing," Slot said after Liverpool's loss to Brighton last weekend.“Let’s hope that their national team coaches do understand that at Liverpool a lot of players have played a lot of minutes. But I think other clubs perhaps could have rotated more than I could have this season.“So, let’s hope that we’ve got national team coaches that will not play them 180 minutes over two games.”READ MORE: Julian Nagelsmann shares Florian Wirtz conversations after Liverpool criticismREAD MORE: Steven Gerrard delivered 'outstanding' Thiago verdict after Liverpool Legends heroicsRossi addressed Slot's comments, making an apparent dig at the Dutchman for sometimes playing Szoboszlai at right-back.“I have never spoken to Arne Slot personally,” he said in his pre-Slovenia press conference, per Blikk.

“Accordingly, I have never had a say in when the Liverpool head coach, for example, plays Dominik Szoboszlai as a defender.“However, I would also expect him not to interfere in my work either.“If Dominik wants to rest, of course I would let him, but everyone knows how important the national team jersey is to him as a team captain."Rossi said he has no issues with Arne Slot(Image: Getty Images)Szoboszlai went on to play 87 minutes of Hungary's friendly win over Slovenia, and after the game, Rossi addressed the backlash that his original comments had created."I've read nonsense in the press," Rossi said. You can't imagine that I would be so arrogant, conceited and stupid as to compare myself to a coach who manages a team in the Premier League."I am not comparable to the Liverpool manager, I had no intention of that happening at all."Arne Slot said he hoped his players wouldn't play two games.

I saved Dominik Szoboszlai ten minutes and Milos Kerkez twenty."Slot is a coach of a top club. But since I am the head coach of the Hungarian national team, I think the Hungarian national team also deserves respect, at least because of its past.