Dominik Szoboszlai Signs New Five-Year Contract with Liverpool

Dominik Szoboszlai leant back in his chair at Liverpool’s training complex and tried to rank the days that have shaped his life. Signing for Liverpool. The birth of his child. And now this.

A new five-year contract. A commitment that ties his prime years to Anfield and, in his words, makes this “maybe my biggest day” in football.

Liverpool lock in their midfield driving force

Szoboszlai had entered the final two years of his previous deal, a situation that usually sets alarm bells ringing at a club of Liverpool’s stature. This one never reached that stage. Talks had been running for months and, inside the club, there was always a quiet certainty: the Hungarian wanted to stay.

Those conversations surged forward in recent weeks and ended with a long-term agreement that will keep him on Merseyside until he is 30. Liverpool have moved decisively to protect one of the pillars of their new era; Szoboszlai has nailed his colours to the Kop.

The decision is rooted in performance, not sentiment. Signed from RB Leipzig in 2023 for £60m, Szoboszlai quickly became far more than a marquee arrival. Last season he produced 13 goals and 12 assists, numbers that only tell part of the story of a midfielder who roamed through multiple roles and never seemed to stop running.

He drove Liverpool’s attacking press, dropped deeper when required, and still found the energy to arrive in the box with menace. The club’s hierarchy saw a player who was not just thriving, but still climbing.

“Never enough”: a midfielder who wants more

Szoboszlai’s own assessment is blunt. Good is not good enough.

“There's always more to come. I'm never happy,” he said, speaking to the club’s media. The line could sound like a throwaway cliché. With him, it doesn’t. It fits the way he plays and the way he has spoken since arriving in England.

“I'm happy with myself but I think I can do even better. I think that's why I'm sitting here, because that pushed me since I was a kid: that it was never enough. And I'm thinking the same now.”

This is the mentality Liverpool are banking on. They have already seen him help deliver the Premier League title in 2024-25, his first league crown in England, but neither club nor player are treating that as a destination.

Szoboszlai wants responsibility. He talks about setting the standard, not just following it.

“I want to set the example. I want to be an example also for everyone, as much as I can,” he said. That is the language of a player who sees himself not merely as part of the project, but as one of its reference points.

Eyes on Europe

When he first walked through the doors at Anfield, Szoboszlai was clear: he had come to win. All of it.

“When I signed, I said I want to win everything,” he reiterated. “That didn't change for a little moment either. It stayed the same: I want to win everything that is possible in this country, also let's say the Champions League. I'm ready to go for it.”

The target is unambiguous now. Domestic trophies matter, of course, and Liverpool’s recent title win has restored a sense of domestic authority. But the Champions League remains the ultimate measure of a Liverpool side that expects to contend on every front.

Szoboszlai wants that medal before this new deal runs its course. The club’s decision to secure him long term suggests they see him as central to any push for European glory — the midfielder who can knit their intensity, creativity and ambition into one relentless package.

He calls this one of the three biggest days of his life. Liverpool will hope that by the time this contract ends, it no longer even makes the podium.