{"id":321995,"date":"2025-08-06T08:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321995\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:08:20","slug":"leeds-united-ready-striker-transfer-as-aleksandar-mitrovic-england-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321995\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United ready striker transfer as Aleksandar Mitrovic England-bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leeds-Farke-Mitrovic-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke and Al-Hilal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic\" 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\/08\/1754467696_586_eca62851c76ed78ed04ae8d3a8954940\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Aheed Abrar\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 6 August 2025 8:10, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United have been offered a chance to sign Al-Hilal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Serbia international moved to Saudi Arabia in 2023 after an impressive spell at Fulham and has since consistently showcased his goal-scoring abilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-united-have-august-priority-as-bamford-to-leave-in-double-elland-road-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Farke arguably needs a new striker<\/a> at Elland Road, with Patrick Bamford and Mateo Joseph out of the German manager\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/opinion\/leeds-united-to-sign-artem-dovbyk-for-8m-discount-after-new-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roma centre-forward Artem Dovbyk has emerged<\/a> as a target for the West Yorkshire outfit, but they may opt for a Premier League-proven goalscorer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/daniel-farke-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United manager Daniel Farke\" class=\"wp-image-189272\" \/>Farke could have Mitrovic at Elland Road (Credit: Imago)<strong>Al-Hilal could sell Mitrovic amid Leeds United transfer links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilal\u2019s plan to sign a new high-profile number nine indicates that <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/aleksandar-mitrovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitrovic<\/a> could potentially be England-bound, according to The Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>The news outlet reports in its print edition (6 August, page 44) that the 30-year-old has been presented as an option at <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elland Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it\u2019s been claimed that Sunderland have been contacted to sign the \u201cprolific\u201d striker, who scored 28 goals for Al Hilal last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian attacker may need to take a pay cut, though, with his weekly wage of over \u00a3400,000 out of reach for the interested clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Mateo-Joseph-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds United striker Mateo Joseph\" class=\"wp-image-198985\" \/>Leeds could sell Joseph this summer. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Mitrovic can bring much-needed threat to Elland Road<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/exclusives\/leeds-united-wary-of-joel-piroe-interest-as-big-offer-mooted-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds relied on Joel Piroe<\/a> as their main number nine in the previous campaign, and while the Dutchman won the Championship Golden Boot, scoring regularly in the Premier League is a challenging task.<\/p>\n<p>Mitorovic scored 43 goals in England\u2019s second division in the 2021\/22 season, before scoring 14 in Fulham\u2019s return to the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old\u2019s impressive hold-up play will definitely come in handy for <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/tag\/daniel-farke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farke<\/a> in the Premier League if he ever opts to play more direct football.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Saudi Pro League<\/td>\n<td>Statistics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shots on target<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Touched in opposition box<\/td>\n<td>145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aerial duels won (percentage)<\/td>\n<td>58 (56.3%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Red cards<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Mitrovic\u2019s Saudi Pro League record last season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/mateo-joseph-knows-what-he-needs-to-do-to-get-back-in-leeds-united-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds could potentially have to sell Joseph<\/a> and Bamford this summer, but Mitrovic will arguably be an upgrade over the two combined.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbia international\u2019s strength lies in his aerial abilities and ice-cold nerves in the final third.<\/p>\n<p>With the Whites evidently in desperate need of a new striker, the 30-year-old seems like the perfect option for short-term success, but it remains to be seen whether they will make a move for him before the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFloxY1SWsv0yud4k0u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MOT Leeds News WhatsApp channel<\/a> and turn on notifications to have all the latest, breaking Leeds United news sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago) Wed 6 August 2025 8:10, UK Leeds United have been offered a chance to sign Al-Hilal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[116528,748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-aleksandar-mitrovic","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114980802298096334","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321995","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=321995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}