Barcelona Targets Livakovic as Future No. 2 Goalkeeper

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeping plan is starting to take shape. Joan Garcia has been marked in ink as the club’s long-term No. 1, and behind him the champions are already building the next layer of protection.

The chosen man, if all goes as planned, is Dominik Livakovic.

€3m agreement in place

According to Croatian outlet IndexHR, echoed in Spain by SPORT, Barcelona and Fenerbahce have reached a broad agreement for the Croatia international. The fee: around €3 million plus performance-related variables.

The structure is clear on paper. Barça would close the deal now, then immediately send Livakovic on loan to Dinamo Zagreb for a season. After that year back home, he would return to Camp Nou as the club’s second-choice goalkeeper, sliding in behind Garcia and effectively inheriting the role from Wojciech Szczesny when the Pole’s contract runs out in June 2027.

It is a plan that would lock down the position for years. At least, that’s the blueprint.

Plan agreed – but future still open

Inside Barcelona, the message is more cautious than the Croatian headlines. SPORT report that negotiations with Fenerbahce are indeed advanced, but stress that Livakovic’s immediate future is not fully defined.

The Dinamo Zagreb loan is the preferred route, the one everyone has worked from. Yet it is not the only option on the table. Other loan destinations are being studied, and one scenario remains particularly tempting: bringing Livakovic straight into the first team this season, if the club can find enough room under La Liga’s salary cap to register him.

So the framework of the transfer is close, but the fine print on where he plays next year is still being written.

Inside the sporting department, there is little doubt about the player himself. Livakovic’s World Cup performances left a strong impression on Barcelona’s decision-makers, who see him as a reliable, experienced profile to sit behind Garcia and eventually take over Szczesny’s spot in the hierarchy.

Agent with Barça ties at the heart of talks

A familiar name in Barcelona circles is helping drive the operation. Andy Bara, Livakovic’s agent and a figure with a long-standing relationship with the club, is heavily involved in the negotiations.

His task is delicate: find a formula that suits all parties – Barça, Fenerbahce, Livakovic and the club that will host him on loan next season. With the Catalans juggling sporting needs and financial restrictions, that role becomes even more central.

Talks are progressing, the lines are open, and the sense is that an agreement is edging closer, even if the final signatures are not yet on paper.

A Spanish chapter to erase

Livakovic already has a small, frustrating chapter in Spanish football. Last summer, he joined Girona on loan from Fenerbahce, a move that looked like a smart bridge into La Liga.

It never took off.

He did not play a single minute for the club and cut the loan short in January, leaving Montilivi without a debut to his name. The irony is hard to miss: after that failed spell, Girona’s replacement in goal was Marc-Andre ter Stegen – now Barcelona’s captain and the man whose eventual succession path the club is quietly mapping out.

This time, the stakes are higher and the plan is clearer. Barcelona want Livakovic, they have a price and a role in mind, and the negotiation is deep into the decisive phase.

Croatian reports say it is done. Inside the club, the line is different: advanced, yes. Closed, not yet.