Liverpool’s Hungarian duo Dominik Szoboszlai and Milos Kerkez have been chatting about playing in the Champions League final at Budapest | OneFootball

The first three Liverpool players to arrive at training are usually Dominik Szoboszlai, Milos Kerkez and Mohamed Salah, according to The Times.

The trio are often seen sitting together at the AXA training ground and have been key players for the Anfield club this season.

Liverpool have been underwhelming in the Premier League this term and manager Arne Slot and his men will hope to make up for their woeful title defence attempt by impressing in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The Reds are in the round of 16 of the competition after finishing third during the league phase, and Szoboszlai is often heard chatting to Kerkez about the fact that Champions League final will be played in Budapest in May.

The Hungarian duo would love to win the competition in front of their family and friends after missing out on their World Cup dream at the same venue.

The Liverpool stars watched on helplessly as Ireland defeated their country 3-2 last November at the Puskas Arena, missing out on advancing to the second round play-offs as a result.

Szoboszlai and Kerkez are dreaming of returning to the same ground with the Reds on May 30 and they will hope Liverpool do enough to make it that far.

It will be the first time Puskas Arena will host a Champions League final, and whether the Merseyside club have what it takes to reach that stage this season remains to be seen.

Eight league defeats and six draws in 26 games have all but ended their chances of successfully retaining the Premier League title.

Liverpool ended the league phase of the Champions League with six wins and two defeats, but victories over Eintracht Frankfurt, Qarabag FK, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Marseille cannot paper over the cracks.

They need to improve significantly to go far in the competition this term, and Slot will hope his men can step up in the coming weeks.