Former Liverpool sports chief Jorg Schmadtke admits he underestimated Dominik Szoboszlai.

Schmadtke concedes he argued against paying so much for the Hungary midfielder last summer'.

He told Di Ziet, "It was only fair for me to vacate my chair in time. You have to make mistakes in order to get better. I could certainly have saved myself some public statements. [Some transfers cost] eight figures. Now in Liverpool there was someone who cost 70million (euros), Dominik Szoboszlai, who we brought from Leipzig.

"Then I said: 'It's too expensive'. From today's perspective, that was a misjudgment on my part. The boy was an important Liverpool player from day one.

"He performed better than I would have expected him to."