{"id":336851,"date":"2025-08-11T22:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336851\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T22:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:36:15","slug":"leeds-united-try-again-as-striker-chase-stepped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336851\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United &#8216;Try Again&#8217; As Striker Chase Stepped Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Francesco Pecoraro\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> are trying again to sign a striker from Italy\u2019s Serie A after they were knocked back by Nikola Krstovic of Lecce and Andrea Pinamonti of Sassuolo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Whites, who have had Fulham\u2019s Rodrigo Muniz as a top target <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/05\/leeds-united-face-tough-task-landing-top-target-as-club-have-no-intention-of-selling\/690364\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but are facing difficulty signing him<\/a>, have been looking in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Landing an attacker is an absolute priority for boss Daniel Farke, but Lecce hitman Krstovic was not convinced, while Pinamonti would not swap Sassuolo for Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds even managed to agree terms with Sassuolo for Pinamonti, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/09\/west-ham-target-turned-down-leeds-united-despite-club-to-club-agreement\/690841\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with the player\u2019s rejection the reason the move did not proceed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have also <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/29\/not-considered-unsellable-leeds-united-and-west-ham-monitor-strikers-situation\/689658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shown interest in Roma\u2019s Artem Dovbyk<\/a>, who the Giallorossi are <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/07\/31\/to-avoid-capital-losses-club-have-red-line-on-leeds-united-and-west-ham-tracked-star\/689922\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepared to sell for the right price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lecce_Nikola_Krstovic2_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds \u2018try again\u2019 for Dovbyk, is now the verdict, according to Italian journalist <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlfredoPedulla\/status\/1955021301216956763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfredo Pedulla<\/a>, and they are looking at taking him to Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dovbyk only joined Roma last summer from Spanish side Girona, but has been widely linked with a possible move.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nStriker<br \/>\nClub<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Artem Dovbyk<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Roma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Nikola Krstovic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Lecce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Andrea Pinamonti<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\">Sassuolo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Strikers in Serie A Leeds United are keen on<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, if Roma moved Dovbyk on then it could open the door for the Giallorossi to bring in Krstovic from Lecce.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How much Leeds might be willing to pay for the Ukrainian striker remains to be seen, while they would also have to sell a move to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Genoa_Andrea_Pinamonti_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Joseph has now been loaned to Mallorca by Leeds, while Patrick Bamford has been told to look for a new club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joel Piroe scored 19 times for Leeds in the <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> last season, but he is unproven at Premier League level and Farke does not look to want to take the risk of not signing another striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dovbyk, 28, found the back of the net on 17 occasions across all competitions for Roma over the course of last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francesco Pecoraro\/Getty Images \u00a0 Leeds United are trying again to sign a striker from Italy\u2019s Serie A after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-336851","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-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115012527159655135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336851","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=336851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}