Since joining the team in July, Dominik Szoboszlai has dominated Liverpool, and in one area, the Hungarian is already the best player for the Reds.
The quickest player from each top-flight team so far this season, as revealed by Sky Sports Premier League, was the midfielder at Anfield, who makes £120,000 per week. He achieved the highest speed of 36.76 km/h during the 3-1 victory against Wolves in September (Liverpool Echo).
That ranked him third overall, behind Luton’s Chiedozie Ogbene, who set a league record with a stunning 36.93 km/h sprint.
To put Szoboszlai’s extraordinary sprint speed into further context, it’s already beaten the fastest runs among Liverpool players for the past two seasons.
Darwin Nunez led the way in that regard at Anfield last term at 36.53km/h, while Mo Salah was the Reds’ quickest player in 2021/22 at 36.6 km/h (Liverpool Echo).
The figures might be mind-boggling but it comes as no great surprise that the 23-year-old is LFC’s ultimate speed merchant this season, with his lightning pace also apparent with the ball at his feet. His average of 1.2 successful dribbles per game is the squad’s second-best so far in the current campaign (WhoScored).
The scary thing is, we wouldn’t bet against Szoboszlai beating his own personal best before the season comes to an end. Get the speed cameras out!
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