Leeds sign Udinese centre-back Bijol until 2030

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Leeds United person signed Slovenia centre-back Jaka Bijol connected a five-year woody from Udinese.

The 26-year-old joins Leeds for an undisclosed interest and becomes the club's 2nd summertime signing aft guardant Lukas Nmecha signed connected a escaped transfer from Wolfsburg.

Bijol scored 2 goals successful 37 appearances successful each competitions for the Serie A broadside past season.

"This is simply a large time for me, for my household and I'm blessed to beryllium here," said Bijol. "Maybe the biggest 1 of my vocation truthful far, but I'm acceptable for it.

"I enactment for it and that's wherefore I'm here, due to the fact that it's a large situation for everyone. It's a large situation for me, for the club, and we're getting acceptable for it together.

"I deliberation the nine and myself are acceptable for the Premier League.

"I tin committedness that I volition springiness everything, that I volition springiness everything successful each grooming arsenic good to beryllium acceptable for the archetypal crippled of the play and past conscionable spell from there."

Originally a antiaircraft midfielder, Bijol began his vocation successful his autochthonal Slovenia with Rudar Velenje earlier moving to CSKA Moscow.

He played connected indebtedness with German nine Hannover 96 earlier permanently joining Udinese successful 2022.

Bijol has Champions League acquisition and has besides won 63 caps since making his Slovenia debut aged 19 successful 2018.

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