{"id":196343,"date":"2025-06-19T05:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196343\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T05:35:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:35:18","slug":"leeds-united-on-verge-of-transfer-as-offer-made-for-nikola-krstovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196343\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United &#8216;on verge of transfer&#8217; as offer made for Nikola Krstovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Leeds-United-Red-Bull-Daniel-Farke-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United Red Bull Daniel Farke\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8959.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pranav Shahaney\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 18 June 2025 22:43, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United have reportedly advanced their interest in Lecce striker Nikola Krstovic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is on the back of an 11-goal campaign in the Serie A and he also provided an assist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/jaka-bijol-set-for-transfer-as-leeds-united-sign-lukas-nmecha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds have already signed Lukas Nmecha<\/a>, are closing in on Udinese defender Jaka Bijol and are now eyeing their third major signing of the window.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Lukas-Nmecha-Leeds-fi-web-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Lukas Nmecha Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-199551\" \/>Nmecha will join Leeds on 1 July. (Credit: Hasan Karim)<strong>Leeds United table \u2018significant\u2019 bid for Krstovic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/nikola-krstovic-transfer-on-cards-as-leeds-united-handed-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United have made their intentions clear to Lecce<\/a> as they\u2019re hot on the heels of the Montenegro international.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/calciomercato-lecce-krstovic-leeds-18-giugno-2025-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a> (18 June), the Whites have tabled a \u201csignificant\u201d offer for the forward.<\/p>\n<p>They have shown an advanced interest and their bid is understood to be close to what the Serie A side are demanding for Krstovic.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<tr>CompetitionAppearancesGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed CardsPenaltiesMinutes Played<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total 24\/25<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>3,160\u2032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Serie A<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>3,070\u2032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Italy Cup<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<td>90\u2032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Krstovic\u2019s 2024\/25 stats.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the 25-year-old fancies a move to <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a> or will wait for top Italian clubs to make their intentions clear.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> are the only club to have come close to meeting Lecce\u2019s demands for the forward.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/joel-piroe-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Joel Piroe Leeds United\" class=\"wp-image-184975\" \/>Joel Piroe won the Golden Boot last season. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Daniel Farke can look to get the best out of Krstovic at Elland Road<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is evident that <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke<\/a> wants a game changer in the final third ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs often get relegated due to the lack of a clinical striker and it\u2019s good to see Leeds prioritising that.<\/p>\n<p>At 25, Krstovic is at the right age to make the move to the next level and joining a historically big club like the Whites would be ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s proven he can get double digits in the Serie A despite not playing for one of the top sides so there\u2019s every reason to believe he\u2019d be a good fit in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important that <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 49ers<\/a> back Farke this summer, as they cannot blame him for a relegation battle if they don\u2019t give him the signings he wants. <\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Wed 18 June 2025 22:43, UK Leeds United have reportedly advanced their interest in Lecce striker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,79747,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-196343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-nikola-krstovic","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114708410223324007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}