The Liverpool midfielder had to end up in red and black twice, colors he has supported since he was a child
If his name began to circulate in Europe, in unsuspecting times, it was due to a “pizzino” forgotten by a manager on the lobby table of a Milanese hotel. Context: it is winter 2019 and the then Juventus manager Paratici left a piece of paper unattended with a series of names written on it, followed by comments and figures. Among these there was also Dominik Szoboszlai, a nineteen-year-old Hungarian with great hopes. Next to the surname, the word loan (loan) and a ten, or the cost in millions of euros. Six months later it would have taken twice as long.
Milan
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That was the first spark. Then there was Milan, who wanted him, sought him, came close to him. And the love was reciprocated, because at home Szoboszlai supported the Rossoneri and Maldini was the idol of the boy and his father. Unfortunately, however, the wedding evidently wasn’t going to take place. Everything revolves around the figure of Zvone Boban. The Croatian landed at the Rossoneri in the summer of 2019 with important technical roles in Elliot’s management and immediately identified that boy who, even at the age of twenty, had not stood out with Salzburg for his class, goals and flashes.
clause
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The scenario. Szoboszlai has a clause worth just over 20 million, Milan think about it and close the agreement with the agents. It seems all done. Instead, at the last corner the deal fell through, thanks to a bit of skepticism about the boy’s character, considered by some to be a bit immature and immature. In Via Aldo Rossi they were looking for a more ready profile, at least that’s what they said. Six months later, however, the love story becomes relevant again. Furlani meets with prosecutors and intermediaries and signs an agreement in principle for a five-year period. Let’s toast, everything is settled. But here, once again, everything falls apart: Dominik would have been the first blow of Rangnick’s management, which instead suddenly fades away. Boban, Dominik’s first admirer, goes with him.
Milan fan
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Now Szoboszlai is one of the stars of Liverpool – who paid him 70 million two years ago from Leipzig – and yesterday he stung Inter at the end with a perfect penalty. He did it at San Siro, that stadium that on several occasions could have been his home. The Hungarian also scored against Milan last September, then left the pitch wearing the Rossoneri shirt. “I wear it because I’m a Milan fan. All my friends know it, he said. In Budapest I have a photo with my grandmother and Maldini.”
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