Liverpool have the NEXT Dominik Szoboszlai | OneFootball

Dominik Szoboszlai, need we say more?

What a player he has been since arriving at Liverpool. He pretty much epitomises what we want to see from a player wearing the club's colours.

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Szoboszlai gives it his all in every single game. No matter the opposition or the position he's playing in, on the pitch he guarantees 110% every single game.

We've seen him play as a winger, as a midfielder, as a false nine, a no.10 and now as a right-back. He's one of Liverpool's most important players.

A huge factor in that is his ability to cover a lot of ground. In the club's first game of the season, Szoboszlai covered more ground than anyone else (11.8km).

His ability to run relentlessly and cover every blade of grass is what makes him such an important player for Arne Slot's side.

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Now, if you like Szoboszlai, we have to introduce you to Michael Laffey from Liverpool's U21 team. Just like the Hungarian he has a brilliant technique and he can play in a number of different positions.

In fact, Laffey can pretty much play anywhere. Over the course of his career for the club's U18, U19 and U21 team he's played as a false nine, centre-back, right and left-back, on the wings and as a midfielder either as a no.6 or no.8.

The latter is probably his best position and it's in the holding midfield and no.8 box-to-box midfield roles where we have seen him play most often.

This season he's shown he has the ability to score some brilliant goals, including an absolute belter against Leicester City's U21 side during the opening game of the season - in this he's again similar to the Hungarian.

But what makes those comparisons even more apt is Laffey's work off the ball. He runs a lot. He can cover every blade of grass on the pitch just like Szoboszlai.

This is confirmed by the Reds' U21 head-coach, Rob Page, who revealed that in Liverpool's victory over Stoke City in the Premier League 2, Laffey ran a whopping 13 kilometres.

"Michael Laffey in the middle of the park clocked up 13k, which is elite by anybody's standards. I can't praise the lads enough for their work-rate and effort, and that's all of them, by the way, and I thought we thoroughly deserved the win," Page told the club's official website.

Those are pretty incredible numbers. Laffey is only 19-years-old and he's been on the periphery of the first team. Earlier this summer he made his unofficial debut for Slot's side against Athletic Bilbao in the friendly at Anfield.

Given his versatility and how he has started the season, he's clearly a player to keep an eye on. A loan move probably beckons for him soon.

But in the long-term his goal should be to become the next Szoboszlai at Anfield. He's got it in him to follow in the Hungarian's footsteps.