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Leeds have signed the Austria defender Max Wöber from Red Bull Salzburg on a four-and-a-half-year deal for a fee understood to be more than €12m (£10.6m).
The 24-year-old, who can operate at centre-back and left-back, played under Jesse Marsch at Salzburg and is Leeds’s first January signing.
Leeds said: “He now links up once again with head coach Jesse Marsch along with his former Salzburg teammates Brenden Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen. Wöber will wear the No 39 shirt during his time at Leeds and could feature for the first time in Sunday’s FA Cup third-round tie at Cardiff.”
Wöber, who has 13 Austria caps, started at Rapid Vienna and joined Ajax in 2017 before moving to Sevilla, initially on loan, in early 2019. He became the Austrian Bundesliga’s most expensive signing in August 2019 when joining up with Marsch at Salzburg and made 125 appearances for the club, winning the Austrian league and cup double three times in a row.
Arsenal’s second offer for Shakhtar’s Donetsk’s Mykhaylo Mudryk is close to a £44.2m fixed fee plus add-ons. Shakhtar are weighing up their response and personal terms will not be an issue, with the winger determined to join Arsenal. Chelsea are also interested in the Ukraine international and will act if Arsenal cannot get a deal over the line.
Chelsea and Benfica will hold further talks on Wednesday as the Premier League club try to strike a deal to sign the Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernández. The player has agreed terms with Chelsea and wants the move but the approval of Benfica’s president, Rui Costa, is key.
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