One could conclude that Dominik Szoboszlai is adjusting to life on Merseyside easily after witnessing his consistently thrilling performances in his first half-year at Liverpool.
But we only get to see a small portion of his weekly activities on the field; we don’t get to see the reality of a young man attempting to adjust to a new life abroad following a well-publicized job shift.
In an honest interview, the 23-year-old talked candidly about life off the football pitch with Fodball journalist Mark Soos.
In a comment that Bence Bocsak translated for X, Szoboszlai acknowledged that he hasn’t always felt “lonely” in his time in England.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel lonely sometimes,” the Liverpool midfielder stated. Some days I just sit on the couch and brood over possible next steps. I then try to go to sleep by turning on a movie and looking forward to tomorrow.
It’s easy to think of professional football players as nothing more than Teflon-like commodities, making so much money that they should be happy to follow their goals.
Though their joyful, confident public personas may conceal it, the football players we support every week are actual individuals with highs and lows in their personal lives just like the rest of us.
Szoboszlai, who is only 23 years old, is still relatively new to living in England, so he will be adjusting to a new language and culture in addition to the pressure of having to repay the £60 million that one of the biggest clubs in the world of football paid for him. Nevertheless, his English is excellent.
much while we adore watching him perform on the field, it’s much more crucial that he be content and healthy in his day-to-day existence in Merseyside.
He should be commended greatly for having the guts to share his sentiments of fragility and loneliness off the field, but fortunately, he has Jurgen Klopp as his manager, who will treat him with the greatest compassion and understanding.
We hope that Szoboszlai will have a reliable support system nearby to get him through the difficult moments when he’s not at Anfield.
