LEEDS UNITED HAVE AGREED A DEAL TO SIGN UDINESE CENTRE-BACK JAKA BIJOL FOR A FEE OF AROUND £19M, ACCORDING TO FABRIZIO ROMANO.
DANIEL FARKE’S SIDE ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR RETURN TO PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL AFTER THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 100 POINTS, PIPPING BURNLEY TO THE TITLE ON GOAL DIFFERENCE. ATTENTION HAS QUICKLY TURNED TO BUILDING A SQUAD CAPABLE OF AVOIDING RELEGATION, AND THEY’LL HAVE TO BE SMART WITH THEIR RECRUITMENT TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL.
IN THE PREVIOUS TWO PREMIER LEAGUE CAMPAIGNS, ALL THREE PROMOTED SIDES HAVE DROPPED STRAIGHT BACK DOWN TO ENGLAND’S SECOND TIER. THE ODDS MIGHT BE AGAINST THE YORKSHIRE CLUB, BUT THEY ARE ACTING FAST IN THE TRANSFER MARKET TO TRY AND AVOID BEING DRAGGED INTO TROUBLE NEXT TERM.
FABRIZIO ROMANO: LEEDS AGREE DEAL TO SIGN JAKA BIJOL. ACCORDING TO RESPECTED JOURNALIST ROMANO, LEEDS HAVE AGREED A DEAL TO SIGN UDINESE DEFENDER BIJOL FOR A FEE OF AROUND £19M. PERSONAL TERMS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE CENTRE-BACK TO MOVE TO ELLAND ROAD, WITH A MEDICAL SET TO TAKE PLACE SOON…
“EXCLUSIVE: LEEDS UNITED AGREE DEAL TO SIGN JAKA BIJOL FROM UDINESE, CLUB TO CLUB DEAL DONE AND HERE WE GO! AGREEMENT FOR €22M TRANSFER FEE ADD-ONS INCLUDED AND PERSONAL TERMS ALSO IN PLACE FOR CENTRE BACK TO JOIN #LUFC. NEW DEFENDER SET FOR MEDICAL SOON.” BIJOL, DESCRIBED AS ‘OUTSTANDING’ BY FORMER NEWCASTLE UNITED STRIKER ALAN SHEARER, IS A POWERFUL DEFENDER WHO CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY TO COME STRAIGHT IN AND START UNDER FARKE. HE COULD BECOME THE SECOND SIGNING OF THE SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW FOR THE YORKSHIRE CLUB AFTER THEY RECENTLY CONFIRMED THAT LUKAS NMECHA WILL JOIN ON A FREE TRANSFER ON JULY 1ST AFTER HIS CONTRACT EXPIRED WITH WOLFSBURG.
IT’S A HUGE POSITIVE FOR LEEDS SUPPORTERS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO GET THEIR BUSINESS DONE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. ADDING PLAYERS TO THEIR SQUAD AHEAD OF PRE-SEASON COULD BE CRUCIAL, AND WE COULD SEE TWO ARRIVING THROUGH THE DOOR BEFORE THE PLAYERS ARRIVE BACK FROM THEIR HOLIDAYS.
