{"id":333352,"date":"2025-08-10T14:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333352\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T14:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:38:24","slug":"leeds-united-set-to-take-closer-look-as-artem-dovbyk-transfer-news-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/333352\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United set to take closer look as Artem Dovbyk transfer news emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leeds-United-Artem-Dovbyk-1140x641.png\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leeds United Artem Dovbyk\" 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> Sun 10 August 2025 13:50, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United are reportedly keen on signing Roma striker Artem Dovbyk ahead of the transfer deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/lukas-nmecha-transfer-josuha-guilavogui-reacts-after-leeds-united-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signing Lukas Nmecha on a free transfer<\/a>, the Whites still want a number nine who can lead the line regularly in the upcoming Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/news\/joel-piroe-now-unaffordable-as-he-makes-leeds-united-exit-admission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Piroe won the Championship Golden Boot last season<\/a> but is not expected to be the first-choice centre forward for Daniel Farke\u2019s side. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/joel-piroe-leeds-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds striker Joel Piroe gives a thumbs up\" class=\"wp-image-203593\" \/>Piroe did well under Farke. (Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>This story includes exclusive opinion from injury expert <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/author\/drrajpalbrar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Rajpal Brar<\/a>, a specialist in Physical Therapy and a Sports Scientist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dovbyk suffered minor injury issues last season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given their urgency to sign a striker in this transfer window, <a href=\"https:\/\/motleedsnews.com\/transfers\/leeds-united-take-major-leap-to-seal-34m-artem-dovbyk-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds have already made contact to sign Dovbyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/notizie\/roma-dovbyk-e-sul-mercato-leeds-e-west-ham-ci-pensano\/blt4eda5201676b7e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calciomercato<\/a> on 30 July, an exit could be on the cards for the 28-year-old, with the Serie A outfit demanding a \u00a334million fee. <\/p>\n<p>Dovbyk, 28, scored 17 goals in all competitions for Roma in the 2024\/25 campaign and provided four assists as well.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Stat<\/td>\n<td>Artem Dovbyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appearances<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Dovbyk\u2019s stats from last season.<\/p>\n<p>If the Whites are to sign him, Dr Rajpal Brar believes that they will look at his history of muscular problems.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, he missed nine games for club and country due to various injury issues, including his thigh and adductor. <\/p>\n<p>Dr Brar told <strong>MOT Leeds News<\/strong>: \u201cLeeds will likely take a closer look at his recent history of muscular problems to assess the risk of recurrence moving forward. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe faced multiple injury issues last season, so that is certainly a worry. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the positive is that none of them were long-term setbacks and he did play over 30 league games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Patrick-Bamford-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Bamford\" class=\"wp-image-189738\" \/>Patrick Bamford seems to be on his way out. (Credit: Imago)<strong>Leeds United must prioritise the Dovbyk transfer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dovbyk would be a stellar signing for Leeds United, significantly boosting their chances of avoiding Premier League relegation. <\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian striker\u2019s proven goal-scoring record demonstrates his clinical finishing and adaptability. <\/p>\n<p>His physicality and pressing suit Daniel Farke\u2019s high-energy system, replacing departing forwards like Patrick Bamford. <\/p>\n<p>The former Girona forward\u2019s experience and 100+ career goals offer Leeds a reliable focal point to secure top-flight survival.<\/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) Sun 10 August 2025 13:50, UK Leeds United are reportedly keen on signing Roma striker Artem&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[111169,748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-333352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-artem-dovbyk","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\/115004984982215807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333352","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=333352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}