The 20-year-old appears to have joined Leeds United from Benfica.
It is not just Leeds United’s first-team squad that has been significantly strengthened this summer, with the Whites also bringing in a host of new faces at under-23 level.
It seemed their revamp was complete, only for Benfica youngster Oliver Sarkic to seemingly confirm his move to Elland Road on social media, and if the 20-year-old plays to his full potential he could ultimately form a brilliant attacking triumvirate with Mallik Wilks and Kun Temenuzhkov.
Mallik Wilks could be brilliant alongside Sarkic in the future
Last season Leeds’ second string looked uninspiring and suffered defeat after defeat, with only a couple of players tipped to one day break through at Elland Road.
Not anymore, with Sarkic the latest in an increasingly long line of impressive talent drafted in from across Europe.
Kun is arguably the best of the bunch, although homegrown Wilks will have something to say about that and the teenager has started his loan spell at Accrington Stanley in great form.
But Sarkic has the innate talent to excel at leeds, with the 20-year-old impressing in the UEFA Youth League for former club Benfica, scoring three goals in just six appearances at that level.
He also did a decent job for Benfica’s B team and has the versatility to operate anywhere across the forward line.
Sarkic’s arrival shows the Leeds hierarchy are taking things very seriously, building not only a team capable of winning promotion this season, but a squad that could in the top flight for years to come.
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