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 one quote translated by Bence Bocsak on X, Szoboszlai admitted to sometimes feeling ‘lonely’ during his time in England so far.

The Liverpool player said: “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel lonely sometimes. There are days when I’m just sitting on the couch wondering about what to do. Then I put on a movie and try to fall asleep, hoping for tomorrow.”

It’s simple to fall into the mindset that elite football players are just Teflon-like commodities, earning so much money that they should be content to live their dreams.

But the football players we root for every week are real people just like us, with highs and lows in their personal lives that may be hidden behind their happy, self-assured public personalities.

It must be remembered that Szoboszlai has only just turned 23 and is still relatively new to living in England, bringing with it a cultural and linguistic shift (although his English is excellent), along with the pressure of repaying the £60m fee paid for him by one of the biggest clubs in world football.

As much as we love seeing him work wonders on the pitch, it’s even more important that he can be happy and healthy during his day-to-day life on Merseyside.

He deserves huge credit for having the courage to admit his feelings of vulnerability and loneliness off the field, but thankfully he couldn’t have a better manager than Jurgen Klopp to handle those issues with the utmost empathy and understanding.

We hope that Szoboszlai will be able to call upon a trusted support network around him to help him through the tougher times away from Anfield.