Fabrizio Romano has dropped an update on the future of reported Leeds United transfer target Luka Jovic.

What's the talk?

In a recent post on Twitter, the Italian journalist revealed that, despite Victor Orta reportedly making contact with the Real Madrid centre-forward in order to propose a move to Leeds this summer, the 24-year-old is now set to join AFC Fiorentina on a permanent deal - with the Serbia international rejecting the likes of West Ham United, Brentford and the Whites in the process.

In his tweet, Romano said: "Luka Jovic to Fiorentina, deal done. Full agreement on permanent deal, after long negotiations for a loan - Jovic will sign until June 2024 with an option for two more years. Real Madrid will have sell-on clause around 50%."

Supporters will be gutted

Considering just how talented a player Jovic undoubtedly is, in addition to it being reported that the signing of a new centre-forward is one of Orta's priorities in the summer transfer window, Romano's update that the striker is now set for a move to Italy is sure to have left the Elland Road faithful gutted.

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While it is true that, following his €60m (£52.4m) move to Madrid back in the summer of 2019, things did not exactly pan out for the 24-year-old - scoring just three goals and registering five assists over 51 appearances for Los Blancos - the £14.4m-rated talent has nevertheless proven earlier in his career just how impressive an addition he would have made to Leeds' attacking arsenal in 2022/23.

Indeed, over two separate spells with Eintracht Frankfurt, the £152k-per-week forward highly impressed, scoring 40 goals and registering ten assists over 93 appearances for the Bundesliga side - averaging a direct goal contribution every 107 minutes of football played for Die Adler.

Furthermore, the 26-cap international also caught the eye for his first professional club, Red Star Belgrade, bagging 14 goals and providing four assists over 48 fixtures for the Super Liga Srbije outfit - form that earned him a move to Portuguese giants Benfica.

As such, should Jovic have managed to refind this level of form following a potential €30m (£25m) switch to Elland Road this summer, it is undeniable that the Serbian sensation would have made an excellent to Jesse Marsch's options up top, leading us to believe that Romano's latest update will come as a huge blow to all involved with the Whites - not least Orta himself.

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