'He's got that': Robbie Fowler thinks £60m Liverpool player could be captain after Virgil van Dijk

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Virgil van Dijk won’t be at Liverpool forever, and Robbie Fowler already has a candidate lined up to replace him as club captain. Robbie Fowler explains why Dominik Szoboszlai is Liverpool captain material The Hungarian is no stranger to leadership.

Liverpool fans tip Szoboszlai to be the captain when Van Dijk leaves, and Fowler clearly agrees. He said: “Now Virgil’s obviously a little bit quieter than Jordan Henderson, brilliant captain, but Dominik Szoboszlai is a player who can be a captain.

He can be because of his performances.Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images“So performance can dictate who your captain is or what you want from your captain because you want to go out there and you want the players to sort of learn from you and there’s different ways of learning and that could be showing that could be you know showing in your performance or so but he’s got that in the locker doesn’t he?”If there’s one positive to take away from this up and down season, it’s that Szoboszlai has taken his game to a new level. The Steven Gerrard comparisons are obvious, but what’s a realistic ceiling for the Hungarian? 👀Photo by Giuseppe Cottini/Getty Images Other Liverpool candidates for captain Szoboszlai is worthy of the Liverpool armband, but it’s not like there’s much competition.