Officially, Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai is one of the fastest Premier League players ever, having clocked a time that places him in the top five recorded sprints since the start of data collection
Dominik Szoboszlai has undoubtedly surprised Liverpool with his £60 million summer transfer from RB Leipzig.
The Hungarian joined the team as part of the much-discussed rebuild, and after making history by crushing the ‘lactate test’ in the preseason, things looked promising right away. Since then, his energy, inventiveness, and bill-hitting prowess have helped transform Jurgen Klopp’s engine room.
In addition to being an excellent presser, a thunderb*stard striker, and obnoxiously attractive, the 23-year-old is swift. In actuality, quickly.
The Premier League has released information regarding the top times that players have achieved thus far in 2023–2024. Szoboszlai’s sprint pace of 36.76 km/h (during the match against Wolves in September) is the fourth quickest this season, trailing only the marks that players Micky van de Van, Chiedozie Ogbene, and Pedro Neto have set. Heave hooray!
Even more astonishingly, Szpeedy Domzalez is now ranked fifth among the quickest Premier League players ever, even though data collection for this season only began in 2020–21.
Szoboszlai runs far in addition to being fast.
The Premier League published a list of the longest runs for 2023–2024 back in November. After 12 game weeks, the Reds’ No. 8 player came in eighth place (132.2 km).
The physical prowess of Szoboszlai has been confirmed, which only serves to highlight how eager the Reds are for their star midfielder to return to full fitness as soon as possible.
The former Leipzig player’s hamstring issue from last month returned, keeping him out of Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Arsenal.
Mixed reports exist on the issue’s seriousness. Szoboszlai’s home country of Hungary was the subject of a negative report that said he would miss up to four weeks as he heals.
Such a lengthy injury absence would prevent Szoboszlai from participating in the Reds’ season-opening Carabao Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley on February 25.
Fans will be anxiously awaiting official word regarding Szoboszlai’s status, hoping that his absence is not as prolonged as some have speculated, even though Liverpool can now welcome back midfield options like Wataru Endo and Thiago Alcantara.