Liverpool's own Jude Bellingham is about EXPLODE

Liverpool fans wanted Jude Bellingham for years but now Arne Slot has his very own Bellingham esque star and he's about to explode.

There was a massive public outcry when the Reds failed to land the England international from Borussia Dortmund after years of monitoring.

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Instead, Bellingham ended up moving to Real Madrid and he's had a successful career there - now he's even annoyingly trying to poach Trent Alexander-Arnold away from the Reds.

But in hindsight, Liverpool won't regret signing Bellingham. The same summer he left to join Madrid, the Reds brought in a player just as good as him for a fraction of the price.

And Slot is finally learning how to unlock him to become the same threat as Bellingham is for Madrid.

How Slot is turning Dominik Szoboszlai into Liverpool's Bellingham

When the Hungarian arrived at Anfield, there was a lot of excitement. You watch clips of him on YouTube and see his numbers for RB Leipzig and you think 'wow this is a goal-scoring midfielder.'

He was labelled as the next Steven Gerrard and he started the season in great form with some brilliant performances.

Szoboszlai has become a pivotal part of this Liverpool team in the process. But one thing has been missing from his repertoire - goals and assists.

Unlike Bellingham who exploded at Real Madrid, Szoboszlai netted just three goals in the Premier League last season. He has just three this season as well but judging by his last four starts in the Premier League this could very quickly change.

One of the criticism aimed at Szoboszlai over the course of this season and last season was that he didn't shoot enough. Sometimes he lacked a bit of a clinical edge in the final third, maybe laid off a pass when he should have taken on a shot.

He's blessed with a brilliant shooting technique. Something he honed with his father from a young age, taking sometimes 100-200 free-kicks daily when he was a kid.

That combined with his relatively small sized feet (size seven in the UK) give him the ability to strike extremely accurate and potent shots at goal.

Just take a look at what he did in training earlier this week.

But we haven't seen enough of that in a Liverpool shirt. As per Football Critic, he averaged 2.5 shots per game and his xG for the total of last season was 3.7 as per FBref.

On the back of another goal against Ipswich, it feels like Szoboszlai is turning a corner. He's got two goals and three goal contributions in his last four starts in the Premier League.

But what is even more encouraging is that he has 20 shots in those four starts. Against Brentford last week he took seven shots and clattered the woodwork. Against Ipswich, he took four shots and against Tottenham he took six.

On average, he's averaged 5 shots per game in his last four starts. That's double what he was averaging last season, and the underlying numbers are very bright too.

In those four games, Szoboszlai has averaged 3.56xG as per FotMob, close to his 3.7 xG for the entirety of last season in the Premier League for Liverpool.

It feels like Szoboszlai has turned the corner over the last few weeks. Slot seems to have instilled the confidence in him to take more responsibility and take on more shots.

Liverpool are reaping the rewards. But if he continues on this trajectory this is just the beginning. If he can continue to average the same xG for the rest of the season, he'll be hitting double figures comfortably by the end of the season.

And by then, no one will be yearning for Bellingham at Anfield because Liverpool will have unveiled their very own superior version in Szoboszlai.

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