Lecce football, Nikola Krstovic in Leeds' sights

LECCE - While Leeds United are currently the club pushing hardest to sign Nikola Krstovic (who is now also in the running for Sporting Lisbon, who once secured Morten Hjulmand, paid 20 million, who has now tripled his value), Lecce's striker, the names of the forwards linked to the Salento club are increasing. In the event of a more than probable sale of the Montenegrin and given the farewell of Ante Rebic due to the expiry of his contract, the club will need to secure two central strikers.

In this regard, after Kevin Carlos, the 24-year-old Spaniard playing for Basel, who has been followed for some time by the technical area manager Pantaleo Corvino and the sporting director Stefano Trinchera, an interest has emerged in Andrea Adorante, the 25-year-old Juve Stabia revelation goal-scorer, among the cadets.

The Parma-born striker played an excellent season with the Campania team, to which he is tied until June 30, 2027. In the regular season he made 33 appearances and scored 16 goals, providing 2 assists, before taking to the field in 3 playoff matches, scoring 2 goals. In 2023/2024, in Serie C, he played 30 matches (18, with 12 goals and 2 assists, with Juve Stabia, and 12, with 4 goals, with Triestina).

Lecce is also linked with the name of Francesco Camarda, born in 2008, a Milan prodigy, whose agent is looking for a suitable placement to allow him to play regularly in order to give him the opportunity to finally explode. Spezia has come forward for him, but those who look after the youngster's interests would like a Serie A team. At the moment, the possibility that he could land in Salento seems remote because the Rossoneri intend to sell him on dry loan, a formula not appreciated by the Giallorossi club.

Corvino and Trinchera have also reportedly targeted central defender Jamie Lawrence, a German and Nigerian national born in 2002. In 2024/2025 he showed off his skills in the Austrian top division, with Wsg Tirol, playing 28 games, scoring 3 goals and providing one assist. Standing 201 centimeters tall, he is very skilled in the air. His contract will expire on June 30, 2026.

Meanwhile, Corvino and Trinchera are unleashed on the transfer campaign front for the Primavera team, for which they have made their fourth signing in the space of a few days, bringing William Rashdi, a 2006-born full-back who played for Borussia Dortmund last season, to Salento.