Ivan Leko experienced one of the sensations of this season in the Pro League, when he was still the coach of Hajduk Split. Luka Vuskovic was launched by the current Standard coach, but the two men did not part on good terms.
Luka Vuskovic (17 years old) is probably one of the transfers of the season in the Jupiler Pro League. The Croatian impresses week after week, whether in his role as defender or… at the forefront, as with this splendid acrobatic recovery against Bruges.
Next season, Vuskovic will be integrated into the core of Tottenham, who spent 12 million euros on him. In the meantime, he is training in Westerlo after being trained at Hajduk Split. “I was 15 years old and I was still a little crazy when I made my debut in a friendly,” he recalls in the Newspaper.
Ivan Leko’s “not correct” remarks
“They couldn’t wait for me to be 16, which is the minimum age to turn pro in Croatia,” Vuskovic explains. “Two days after my birthday, the coach started me against Dinamo Zagreb.” This coach was Ivan Leko. “I stayed in the eleven and we won the Cup.”
-His teammates did not take offense at a 16-year-old “kid” taking their place. “My teammates were sometimes twice my age but took it quite well. My father was a good friend of Marko Livaja, one of the managers, and the experienced players took me under their wing.”
The fact remains that Leko, the man who launched him in Croatian D1, and Vuskovic did not remain on good terms. “To be honest, our relationship deteriorated a bit. When a transfer was close, he said things that weren’t correct, like I was training badly and only thinking about myself… C “It was absurd, of course,” regrets Luka Vuskovic.
