{"id":71856,"date":"2025-12-03T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=71856"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:35:49","slug":"manchester-united-sergej-levak-transfer-atalanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-united-sergej-levak-transfer-atalanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Monitoring Croatian Starlet Dubbed &#8216;Next Luka Modric&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United are considering a move for young Atalanta midfielder Sergej Levak &#8211; who has drawn comparisons to several Ballon d&#8217;Or winners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim&#8217;s United have recently sent scouts to monitor Levak in action for Atalanta&#8217;s under-23 side.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006-born Croatian starlet has attracted significant interest after lighting up Serie C for the side&#8217;s reserve team.<\/p>\n<p>And according to reports, Manchester United have emerged as one of the most interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>Keen to add a talented holding midfielder, the Red Devils have identified Levak as a serious target.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Atalanta talent has drawn comparisons with fellow Croatian and 2018 Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, Luka Modric.<\/p>\n<p>And others have reported similarities with another former winner, Manchester City star Rodri.<\/p>\n<p>Scouts have been particularly impressed with Levak&#8217;s timing when arriving late into the box from deep.<\/p>\n<p>He wouldn&#8217;t be the first wonderkid linked to Old Trafford this week, either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/manchester-united-real-madrid-transfer-battle-christos-mouzakitis-olympiacos\/\"><strong>Manchester United will battle Real Madrid <\/strong><\/a>for young Olympiacos star Christos Mouzakitis, with Ruben Amorim showing a clear intent to recruit more promising youngsters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\u26ab\ufe0f\ud83d\udd35 EXCL: Atalanta agree deal to sign 19 year old midfielder Sergej Levak on free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Levak has left AS Roma as free agent in the summer and picked Atalanta over 3 more Serie A clubs plus 2 proposals from Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Medical tests next week. \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/npxsiLXXmN\">pic.twitter.com\/npxsiLXXmN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1949188280903180695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Who is Manchester United Target Sergej Levak?<\/h2>\n<p>Rising star Sergej Levak is the latest in what feels alike a conveyor belt of elite Croatian midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>As well as national hero Modric, the likes of Ivan Rakitic and Mateo Kovacic have also written their names into the history books.<\/p>\n<p>And in recent years, names such as Gabriel Vidovic and Luke Sucic have emerged as the next wave of stars.<\/p>\n<p>Levak, meanwhile, spent his youth in Croatia, playing for hometown club Osijek.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he moved to Italy, sining for AS Roma&#8217;s academy.<\/p>\n<p>After two-and-a-half years in the capital, he switched to Atalanta over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>With 13 appearances for the under-23 side in Serie C, Levak has scored three goals already this term.<\/p>\n<p>His performances have attracted attention from some of Europe&#8217;s biggest clubs &#8211; 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