Arda Güler Hits Back At Dominik Szoboszlai After Real Madrid Jab

Real Madrid’s Arda Guler has intensified his ongoing rivalry with Liverpool midfielder, Dominik Szoboszlai, following a confrontation while playing for their national teams in the UEFA Nations League.

Guler’s Turkey sent a Hungary side captained by Szoboszlai down to League B after romping to a 6-1 aggregate victory across two legs of their promotion-relegation play-off this month.

The Madrid playmaker was only able to participate in the second leg in Budapest on Sunday after watching his team secure a 3-1 victory in the first match in Istanbul.

Guler netted the second goal in a 3-0 win, finishing a move that started with Szoboszlai losing possession of the ball.

As the Turkish scorer celebrated with the corner flag, Hungary’s skipper was spotted beating the turf in frustration.

The pair clashed on the pitch, with Guler motioning for Szoboszlai to stop talking.

However, the Liverpool midfielder took to social media after the match to send another message, writing just “1088” the number of minutes that Guler has been limited to at Real Madrid this season.

Unamused by the subtle jab that pointed out his limited playing time, which has led to significant transfer speculation, Guler decided to respond on Instagram.

“This guy is a joke,” Guler wrote beneath an image of himself and Szoboszlai. “Isn’t 6 goals enough to shut you up” followed by a shushing emoji.

The post has also been edited to include a doctored image of the scoreboard from Sunday’s match, which not only shows Guler’s name beneath the Turkey badge but includes “Szoboszlai 1 Instagram comment” on Hungary’s side.

This isn’t the first time Guler and Szoboszlai have faced each other. In their only previous senior encounter during an international friendly in March 2024, Szoboszlai scored the only goal of the match.

The game lasted less than half an hour, with Hungary securing a 1-0 victory over Turkey.

Guler was pictured remonstrating with the Liverpool midfielder during a fractious contest but got nothing more than a smirk on that occasion.