"Congrats brother (neighbors)" - Liverpool new signing sends message to Josko Gvardiol after Manchester City transfer
Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai has sent a message to Josko Gvardiol after his transfer to Manchester City was finally made official.
A drawn-out summer transfer saga culminated in the Cityzens agreeing on a reported €90 million fee (h/t ESPN). He has signed a five-year deal and joins John Stones, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Aymeric Laporte and Manuel Akanji as Pep Guardiola's centre-back options.
Szoboszlai, who was Gvardiol's teammate at Leipzig for the last two seasons, took note of the transfer and sent a message to the Croatia international. He shared a photo of the centre-back signing his contract and captioned his story [h/t @estoesanfield_ on Twitter):
Szoboszlai cost Liverpool €70 million this summer and the 22-year-old is expected to be a regular starter under Jurgen Klopp from the get-go. But Gvardiol would have to compete with several high-profile names to establish himself as a starting centre-back.
On signing for Manchester City, the former Dinamo Zagreb defender labelled Manchester City the best team in the world and said (h/t @FabrizioRomano):
The 21-year-old played 87 times for RB Leipzig, with 74 of those appearances coming alongside Szoboszlai. The pair won two German Cups together before heading to England this summer.
Josko Gvardiol signed for RB Leipzig from Dinamo Zagreb and was seen as a potential replacement for the Liverpool-bound Ibrahima Konate.
Immediately after joining the German team in 2021, the Croatian defender vehemently claimed he wanted to play for Liverpool in the future. He told Croatian website 24Sata (h/t Tribuna):
The Reds reportedly took measures to make this move happen. According to Fabrizio Romano (h/t @LFCTransferRoom on Twitter), they called Leipzig in January to see if a move
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