is set to become ’s second major signing of the summer after the giants clause in his RB Leipzig contract.
The talented 22 year-old has excelled in recent seasons for the Bundesliga side and will form part of a revamped midfield and attack alongside , who arrived .
Szoboszlai might be on the lips of the Anfield faithful right now – but not too many will be confident in saying the Hungarian’s name the correct way.
Find out how to pronounce Szoboszlai’s name ahead of his impending arrival on Merseyside.
How to pronounce Dominik Szoboszlai’s name?
His first name may be pretty straightforward – it is pronounced the same way as the English name, Dominic.
The surname, however, is anything but simple.
The best way to go about pronouncing it is to tackle it as ‘Sob-oss-lie’.
Below is Hungarian sports reporter Haraszti Adam explaining it in an interview from 2020 when Szoboszlai was playing for Salzburg.
Aron Aranyossy, a Hungarian journalist and Liverpool fan, has shed further light on how to pronounce Szoboszlai’s name in an .
Aranyossy explained: ‘Forget about the Z in his name because the “sz” is pronounced like an ’s’ in Hungarian.’
Liverpool fans will likely have flashbacks to when the club signed Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiacos in 2020, with the Greek fullback’s name proving an initial challenge to supporters before it gradually became a part of the Anfield lexicon.
Szoboszlai’s arrival will see him become the fourth Hungarian to play for Liverpool.
Goalkeepers Adam Bogdan and Peter Gulacsi along with midfielder Istvan Kozma have all represented the club for the central European nation.
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