{"id":49320,"date":"2026-04-19T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49320"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:26:23","slug":"borussia-dortmund-lead-race-to-sign-15-year-old-defender-liam-claude-kante-from-lokomotiva-zagreb-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/borussia-dortmund-lead-race-to-sign-15-year-old-defender-liam-claude-kante-from-lokomotiva-zagreb-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund lead race to sign 15-year-old defender Liam Claude Kant\u00e9 from Lokomotiva Zagreb: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Borussia Dortmund are currently at the front of the queue to sign one of Europe\u2019s most promising young centre-backs, <strong>Liam Claude Kant\u00e9<\/strong>, from NK Lokomotiva Zagreb\u2019s youth setup.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the Bundesliga side hold the advantage in the pursuit of the 15-year-old, though competition remains fierce. Bayern Munich, TSG Hoffenheim, RB Salzburg, and several Italian clubs are all monitoring the player closely and showing serious interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udda4 Borussia Dortmund lead the race to sign young defender Liam Claude Kant\u00e9 from NK Lokomotiva Zagreb.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern, Hoffenheim, RB Salzburg and Italian clubs are also keen and showing interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTl0ZclIB4\">pic.twitter.com\/GTl0ZclIB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2045759302376501528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Who is Liam Claude Kant\u00e9?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">As per Transfermarks, born on 22 June 2010 in Zagreb, Kant\u00e9 is a Croatian-French (with Malian heritage) left-footed centre-back who currently plays for Lokomotiva Zagreb\u2019s U17 team. He has already represented Croatia at U16 level and stands out for his maturity beyond his years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Scouts praise him as a <strong>smart, composed defender<\/strong> with excellent game reading, anticipation, and strong positional awareness. Despite his young age, he regularly features above his age group and impresses with his ability to play out from the back, make forward passes, and recover the ball effectively.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Recent youth football analysis highlights his strong stats in recoveries, progressive passing, and tackling \u2014 marking him as a \u201craw diamond\u201d with significant potential.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Dortmund\u2019s Edge in Youth Development<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Dortmund have built a reputation as one of Europe\u2019s top clubs for nurturing young talent, with a long history of giving opportunities to promising defenders and academy products who go on to shine at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">For a player like Kant\u00e9, the Black and Yellows could offer an ideal pathway: regular development focus, integration into a dynamic first-team environment, and the chance to progress without immediate pressure. Many observers note that when Dortmund enter the race for a young prospect, it often signals a special talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borussia Dortmund are currently at the front of the queue to sign one of Europe\u2019s most promising young centre-backs, Liam\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":49321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49320"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49326,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49320\/revisions\/49326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}