Ryan Gravenberch applauds what Dominik Szoboszlai has just done back in Hungary

09/01/2024 09:30

Ryan Gravenberch has applauded Liverpool teammate Dominik Szoboszlai after he won an award in Hungary.

Szoboszlai has been a standout performer for the Reds this season and has also been the key man for his national team.

Captain and leader for Hungary, the 23-year-old led them through a tricky qualifying campaign and into Euro 2024. Those efforts – and his performances at RB Leipzig and Liverpool – saw him crowned as the Hungarian Sportsman of the Year.

Szoboszlai took to Instagram after being presented the award to thank all those associated with it.

“Such an honor to win this special award. Thank you!” wrote the midfielder, who also picked up the gong in 2020.

Ever supportive of each other, his Liverpool colleagues couldn’t pass up the chance to congratulate their mate either. Gravenberch was straight in there with an applause emoji, while Ibrahima Konate expressed his delight with a love-heart eyes response. Teammates.

Szoboszlai honoured for 2023

With all due respect to Szoboszlai’s competitors last night, this must have been a fairly easy choice for the decision-makers.

Liverpool’s No.8 is quite comfortably Hungary’s most recognisable sportsperson right now. On top of that, he’s had a genuinely excellent year.

Obviously, his achievements for the national team will probably have carried the most weight. It isn’t every day they qualify for a major international tournament after all.

But it also shouldn’t be ignored that even before he joined Liverpool, Szoboszlai was having a top year. He wouldn’t have been signed otherwise.

A goal in Leipzig’s DFB Pokal final win was perhaps the highlight of what was an impressive final six months in Germany for Dom.

Since joining the Reds he has arguably gone up a level again.

Gravenberch himself could maybe do with taking one or two notes from his midfield colleague. The Dutchman has found the transition from Germany to England a little tougher going at times.

For now though, all that’s left is to congratulate Szoboszlai on his terrific year. Let’s hope the decision in 2024 is an even easier one. Plenty more to come.