Players to Watch in 23/24 new season: The Reds' all-round midfielder Szoboszlai

On the eve of the 2023-24 season around Europe, it's time to ask: Who are we excited about watching this season? 

We've got together 10 of the finest brains from across Europe that we think you should keep an eye on in the upcoming campaign. These aren't the best 10 players in Europe, nor are they 10 you've never heard of. There are lots of young players in this list and each writer was to pick someone they are excited about in 2023-24. 

We will select two most noteworthy player in 2023/24 season every day. Read on to see who we've selected today.

Dominik Szoboszlai      Liverpool

Szoboszlai did not have an easy start into the 2022-23 Bundesliga season. In the first five matches, he started only once and played just 121 of 450 minutes. But when Marco Rose was announced as the new head coach of RB Leipzig after the fifth game had passed, the situation for Szoboszlai changed drastically. He played 28 out of 29 remaining Bundesliga games since, with 27 as a starter, and staying on the pitch for 2,331 minutes of a possible 2,610.

Reunited with his former coach at Salzburg, Szoboszlai managed to perform at a consistently high level and was directly involved in 14 of Leipzig’s league goals (6 goals, 8 assists), with only Bundesliga top scorer Nkunku involved in more for the club (20). No other Leipzig player created as many chances as Szoboszlai (71) – and since Rose took over in September 2022, only Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Jonas Hofmann laid on more opportunities (88) and had a higher expected assists value (9.9) than Szoboszalai (70 chances created, 8.5 expected assists) in the whole Bundesliga.

But the 22-year-old did not only excite fans with his goals and creativity; he also displayed fine technical skills as he was the Leipzig player with the most dribbles attempted (94) and completed (54) in the 2022-23 campaign.

After two and a half years, Szobozslai said goodbye to Leipzig in the perfect way, winning the DFB-Pokal (for the second successive time), and making a telling contribution to the 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the final by scoring his side's second goal.

Now, Szoboszlai will become the third Leipzig player to join Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool after Naby Keïta (2018-19) and Ibrahima Konaté (2021-22). The Hungary international has proven he is able to play across midfield – in 2022-23, Szoboszlai played five different positions in 46 competitive appearances for Leipzig: right winger (25 games), right midfield (8), left winger (7), central midfield (3) and central attacking midfield (3). With this flexibility, he might add an unpredictable element to Liverpool’s attacking play in the upcoming season.

We will select two most noteworthy player in 2023/24 season every day and make sure you do not miss anyone.