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Tom Victor

Man Utd passed up chance to sign World Cup hero for cut-price summer transfer fee

Manchester United had an opportunity to sign Croatia star Dominik Livakovic over the summer - only to instead move for Martin Dubravka.

Livakovic, who plays his club football for Dinamo Zagreb, was reportedly available for between €5million and €10m. (£4.3m-£8.6m) That asking price could soon go up, though, after his heroics took Zlatko Dalic's team within 90 minutes of a second successive World Cup final.

The 27-year-old kept two clean sheets in the group stage, including a shut-out against Belgium which came despite the 2018 semi-finalists registering 16 shots. He followed that up with penalty shootout heroics in the round of 16 against Japan and the quarter-final against Brazil, denying Champions League winner Rodrygo in the latter.

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