Who is going to lead Leeds United to glory this season, could it possibly be the Croatian Champion Dominik Livakovic?
As Leeds United race to fill their goalkeeper slot and the impending exits of Illan Meslier and Joel Robles, Kristoffer Klaesson is holding down the fort in the interim and possibly needing to play in the upcoming friendly against Manchester United in his native Norway. So who is going to be the next goalkeeping hero for Leeds United?
Livakovic will be out of contract in 2024 from Dinamo Zagreb, who recently turned down an offer of £6million plus bonuses from Fiorentina, and Manchester United are also reported as throwing in an offer of a buyout clause of £8.9 million.
With 45 caps for Croatia, Livakovic dazzled spectators on the world stage at the Qatar World Cup, keeping clean sheets against Morocco and Belgium.
Penalty shootouts against Japan saving three penalties, assisted his country to progress to the Quarter Finals and subsequently Brazil, propelling Croatia to the Semi Finals earning a well deserved Man of the Match. Livakovic has also accomplished a rating of 10/10 rating from L’Équipe making him the 15th in the magazines history to be awarded this prestige accolade.
He has kept an impressive 132 clean sheets in 283 Zagreb outings and has won the Croatian league 6 times. It will be a tough ask for Leeds United to snare this gem, and if we can lure him away from the dazzling lights of the UEFA Champions League, Leeds United should surely try and dig into those heavily lined American investment pockets to get this lad on board!
