Croatia keeper Livakovic joins Barcelona on four-year contract from Fenerbahce

[p]The 31-year-old arrives as coach ‌Hansi Flick strengthens his goalkeeping ‌options following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ter-stegen-marc-andre/byxc46yl/"]Marc-Andre ter Stegen[/a]'s loan ‌move to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] earlier this ‌month.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/livakovic-dominik/OOasPX9j/"]Livakovic[/a], who has signed for a fee of two million euros ($2.33 million) ‌plus half a million in ⁠add-ons according ‌to Marca, is expected to compete with ​first-choice [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-pons-joan/vuAlEqes/"]Joan Garcia[/a], while veteran [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szczesny-wojciech/6NtwHZ7F/"]Wojciech Szczesny[/a] provides further ​back-up.[/p][p]The Croatian joins [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barca[/a] after two seasons at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fenerbahce/MsbmracL/"]Fenerbahce[/a], where he made ⁠74 appearances ​and kept 24 clean sheets. He previously had a successful spell with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/din-zagreb/8G5ufQTg/"]Dinamo Zagreb[/a], winning multiple domestic titles ‌before moving to Turkey in 2023.[/p][embed guid="96c5703a-3df3-4827-90aa-6b97cbadd297" url="https://x.com/FCBarcelona/status/2092926346485751839" social-type="twitter" /][p]A regular for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/croatia/K8aznggo/"]Croatia[/a] since 2017, Livakovic has represented his country at three World Cups and two European Championships.[/p][p]He becomes Barcelona's sixth signing of the transfer window following the arrivals of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adeyemi-karim/GvIzwgo8/"]Karim ‌Adeyemi[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bisiwu-jesse/nVPULdyk/"]Jesse Bisiwu[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rodri/K0G8DB00/"]Rodri[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cancelo-joao/dAyeWYpm/"]Joao ​Cancelo[/a].[/p][p]Barca host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ath-bilbao/IP5zl0cJ/"]Athletic Bilbao[/a] in LaLiga ‌on Thursday after starting their title defence and bid for a third successive crown with a 5-0 win at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elche/4jl02tPF/"]Elche[/a] last ⁠weekend.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ath-bilbao-IP5zl0cJ/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/?mid=0Atuqenl"]Follow that game with Flashscore.[/a][/p]