{"id":37712,"date":"2026-08-27T18:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/?p=37712"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:19:52","slug":"dominik-livakovic-reveals-his-delight-after-joining-barcelona-its-really-great-to-be-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/?p=37712","title":{"rendered":"Dominik Livakovi\u0107 Reveals His Delight After Joining Barcelona: \u201cIt\u2019s Really Great to Be Here\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dominik Livakovi\u0107 and Barcelona<\/strong> \u2014 the Croatian goalkeeper has expressed his immense happiness after completing his move to the Catalan club, describing his arrival as a special moment in his career and a dream come true for a player who grew up watching Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Barcelona officially announced the signing of Livakovi\u0107 from Fenerbah\u00e7e on Thursday, with the goalkeeper putting pen to paper on a contract that runs until June 30, 2030.<\/p>\n

Speaking in his first comments after arriving at the club, Livakovi\u0107 spoke enthusiastically about the atmosphere he has encountered at Barcelona, while highlighting the warm welcome he received from the club\u2019s senior figures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really great. It\u2019s a beautiful and big club, and the people are very kind: the president, the vice-president, Deco and Bojan\u2026 It\u2019s really great to be here,\u201d Livakovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n

The Croatian goalkeeper explained that being at Barcelona carries a particularly personal significance for him, considering the journey he has made since beginning his football career in Zadar, his hometown, before moving to Zagreb and representing Dinamo Zagreb.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust being here is really great for me, as a young man from Zadar, my city, and then Zagreb, Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatian club. It\u2019s really great,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Livakovi\u0107 also made no secret of his longstanding admiration for Barcelona, acknowledging that the club had been a major part of his generation\u2019s football memories since childhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult to say because all these clubs are very big clubs, but of course Barcelona is the most popular club and it\u2019s an incredible club,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He then reflected on how Barcelona had captured the imagination of young football fans long before they could ever imagine playing for the club themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we were kids, we have watched Barcelona and looked at the players who play here on the biggest stage and at the biggest clubs,\u201d Livakovi\u0107 explained.<\/p>\n

The Croatian goalkeeper also discussed the Camp Nou, one of the most iconic stadiums in world football, expressing his excitement at eventually seeing the renovated ground fully completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first time, maybe the impression will be huge, but of course Camp Nou is one of the most special stadiums in the world, so of course we are all waiting for the work to be finished and for it to be fully ready one day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Livakovi\u0107 joins Barcelona after a career that has included spells with Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbah\u00e7e, as well as extensive international experience with Croatia.<\/p>\n

For the 31-year-old goalkeeper, however, the move represents much more than another chapter in his professional career. His first words at Barcelona underline the personal significance of joining a club he grew up watching and admiring before eventually becoming part of its story.<\/p>\n

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Dominik Livakovi\u0107 and Barcelona \u2014 the Croatian goalkeeper has expressed his immense happiness after completing his move to the Catalan club, describing his arrival as a special moment in his career and a dream come true for a player who grew up watching Barcelona. Barcelona officially announced the signing of Livakovi\u0107 from Fenerbah\u00e7e on Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}