Leeds agree £8.5m transfer for Nico Elvedi

Leeds United have agreed an £8.5m deal to sign Swiss defender Nico Elvedi and he is travelling to England for a medical on Monday to complete the move to Elland Road. Borussia Monchengladbach accepted an offer worth an initial £6.8m, with a further £1.7m in add-ons.

The 29-year-old is set to end an 11-year stay with the German top-flight club. He has featured 364 times for Monchengladbach, with 17 of those appearances coming in the Champions League. He is a versatile Switzerland international.

Elvedi is a highly experienced addition, having earned 73 caps for his country and featured as part of Switzerland's squad at this summer's World Cup.

Asked about the deal after a 4-0 pre-season win over Augsburg, Leeds manager Daniel Farke said: "I've been working in football long enough to know everything is only final once the medical checks are completed and all the paperwork is signed. We've seen situations like this before. "So I only speak about new players once they have been officially announced and everything is settled. But I don't want to lie, and we expect something to happen in the next 48 hours."

The move would allow fringe Leeds defender Sebastiaan Bornauw to join Hamburg on an initial loan with an option to buy. Leeds begin their Premier League campaign away at Nottingham Forest next Saturday.