Dominik Szoboszlai has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, the club confirmed on Friday evening. The agreement runs until the summer of 2031, binding one of Europe's most complete midfielders to Anfield through the heart of his career.

The five-year deal arrives with time to spare. Szoboszlai's previous contract, signed when he arrived from RB Leipzig in 2023, still had two years left to run, but negotiations that had rumbled on for several months accelerated sharply in recent weeks.

The new terms are understood to lift the 25-year-old towards the top of the club's wage structure, with British reports placing his salary between £200,000 and £250,000 a week.

It is a renewal earned on the pitch rather than at the bargaining table. Since his £60 million move from Leipzig, Szoboszlai has made 147 appearances in all competitions, scoring 28 goals, and has grown from an energetic addition into a player around whom the side is increasingly organised.

Last season was his most productive yet: 13 goals and 12 assists across 53 matches, form that made him the club's Player of the Season. He was also nearly ever-present in the 2024-25 campaign that brought the Premier League title back to Anfield, having earlier collected a Carabao Cup winner's medal.

The Hungarian was unambiguous about his motivation. "I want to win everything that is possible in this country, also the Champions League," he said after signing, adding that he plays with "the feeling that it's never enough" — a restlessness his coaches have long regarded as his defining trait.

For Liverpool, the timing carries weight beyond the individual. After watching Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ibrahima Konaté leave on free transfers, the club has now secured two pillars of its midfield in quick succession, following Ryan Gravenberch's own long-term renewal in March.

Szoboszlai will begin the 2026-27 season, his first under new head coach Andoni Iraola, as one of the dressing room's senior figures.

Hungary's captain will be 30 when the new deal expires, and the view inside the club is that his best years are still ahead of him. On Friday's evidence, Liverpool intend to make sure they happen in red.