“After the first session, I just felt it like: ‘OK, let’s get ready.’”

As he prepares to make his competitive debut for Liverpool, summer signing Dominik Szoboszlai is determined to lift his levels further for the benefit of the Reds.

The Hungary captain, a two-time DFB-Pokal winner with previous club RB Leipzig, got another hour under his belt for Jürgen Klopp’s team as SV Darmstadt 98 were beaten 3-1 at Deepdale on Monday night.

Szoboszlai feels settled within his new squad ahead of the season kick-off at Chelsea this weekend, and is eager to provide – and enhance – his abilities now wearing the LFC shirt.

“When I played against Liverpool with Salzburg and Leipzig you could see they have a lot of quality,” the midfielder told Liverpoolfc.com during a chat on the recent tour of Singapore.

“When I knew I was going to join, I sat down for like five minutes and thought, ‘Well, I have to do now even more because they have really, really good quality, they have really, really good players.’ After the first session, I just felt it like: ‘OK, let’s get ready.’”

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