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One of the biggest transfers of the summer so far is through. Dominik Szoboszlai is leaving RB Leipzig after two and a half years and moving to Liverpool, the English club confirmed on Sunday. The work permit for the Hungarian in the UK is still pending.
The Reds are making use of a €70m release clause, which puts the 22-year-old behind Jude Bellingham as the most expensive signing of the new season. Szoboszlai also rises to Leipzig’s top sale and dethrones Christopher Nkunku, who recently switched to Chelsea, and Naby Keïta. Both left the “Red Bulls” for €60m each.
Liverpool, on the other hand, has only paid twice more for access in the club’s history. Reportedly earlier this week it looked like the deal would be difficult to complete as time seemed tight as Szoboszlai’s clause expired on June 30th. On the deadline, however, Liverpool informed Leipzig in good time after an agreement had been reached with the offensive player.
Szoboszlai, Bellingham & Co.: The top transfers in summer 2023
Ilkay Gundogan | Man City -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €20 million
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(as of July 2, 2023)
Jefferson Lerma | Bournemouth -> Crystal Palace | Market value: €20 million
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Raphael Guerreiro | BVB -> Bayern Munich | Market value: €20 million
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Ramy Bensebaini | Gladbach -> BVB | Market value: €20 million
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Nicolas Seiwald RB Salzburg -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €20 million
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Market value: €20 million
Andrea Pinamonti | Inter -> US Sassuolo | Transfer fee: €20 million
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Market value: €15 million (obligatory purchase)
Guglielmo Vicario | Empoli -> Tottenham | Transfer fee: €20 million
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Market value: €16 million
Terem Moffi | FC Lorient -> OGC Nice | Transfer fee: €22.5 million
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Market value: €20 million (obligatory purchase)
Kalidou Koulibaly | Chelsea -> Al Hilal SFC | Transfer fee: €23 million
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Market value: €15 million
Christoph Baumgartner Hoffenheim -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €24 million
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Market value: €24 million
Benjamin Sesko | RB Salzburg -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €24 million
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Market value: €24 million
Karim Benzema | Real Madrid -> Al Ittihad Club | Market value: €25 million
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Youri Tielemans | Leicester -> Aston Villa | Market value: €25 million
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Alejandro Grimaldo | Benfica -> Leverkusen | Market value: €25 million
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Antoine Griezmann | Barça -> Atlético | Market value: €25 million
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Transfer fee: €20 million
Kevin Shame | SC Freiburg -> FC Brentford | Transfer fee: €25 million
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Market value: €25 million (obligatory purchase)
Hamed Junior Traorè | Sassuolo -> Bournemouth | Transfer fee: €25.6 million
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Market value: €22 million
Konrad Laimer | RB Leipzig -> FC Bayern | Market value: €28 million
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Evan Ndicka | Eintracht Frankfurt -> AS Roma | Market value: €28 million
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Manuel Locatelli | US Sassuolo -> Juventus | Transfer fee: €30 million
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Market value: €30 million (obligatory purchase)
Moise Kean | Everton -> Juventus | Transfer fee: €30 million
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Market value: €18 million (obligatory purchase)
Marcus Thuram | Gladbach -> Inter | Market value: €32 million
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João Pedro | Watford FC -> Brighton & Hove Albion | Transfer fee: €34.2 million
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Market value: €32 million
Orkun Kokcu | Feyenoord -> Benfica | Market value: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €25 million
Giacomo Raspadori | Sassuolo -> Napoli | Market value: €35 million
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Transfer fee: €26 million
Nicholas Jackson | Villarreal -> Chelsea | Transfer fee: €37 million
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Market value: €30 million
Mateo Kovacic | Chelsea -> Man City | Market value: €38 million
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Transfer fee: €29.1 million
Lionel Messi | PSG -> Miami | Market value: €45 million
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Pedro Porro | Sporting -> Tottenham | Transfer fee: €45 million
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Market value: €40 million (obligatory purchase)
Dejan Kulusevski | Juventus -> Tottenham | Market value: €50 million
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Transfer fee: €30 million (purchase option)
Ruben Neves | Wolves -> Al-Hilal | Transfer fee: €55 million
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Market value: €40 million
James Maddison | Leicester -> Tottenham | Market value: €60 million
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Transfer fee: €46.3 million
Alexis Mac Allister | Brighton->Liverpool | Market value: €65 million
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Transfer fee: €42 million
Dominik Szoboszlai | Leipzig -> Liverpool | Transfer fee: €70 million*
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Market value: €55m – *Release clause
Kai Havertz | Chelsea -> Arsenal | Transfer fee: €70 million
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Market value: €55 million
Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig -> Chelsea | Market value: €80 million
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Transfer fee: €60 million
Jew Bellingham | BVB -> Real Madrid | Market value: €120 million
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Transfer fee: €103 million
“The last three or four days have been really long; it wasn’t that easy. But in the end I’m here, I’m happy and can’t wait to get started,” Szoboszlai commented on his new club’s last-minute deal. “[Ein] really historical club, really good players, good coach, everything is good. It’s perfect for me to take the next step in a club like this. The fans, the stadium, everything is really good,” enthused Szoboszlai.
“Of course we would have liked to have gone into the new season and the years to come with Dominik,” said Leipzig’s sporting director Max Eberl. The fact that Szoboszlai is moving to a top club was recorded by the official as an “award for us as a club and for the work that is done here to take young players to the next level.”
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