Midfielder To Fly Out To England For Leeds United Medical | OneFootball

Fortuna Dusseldorf midfielder Ao Tanaka is set to fly out to England this morning to undergo a medical ahead of a proposed move to Leeds United, according to Sky Sports News.

The 25-year-old midfielder has emerged as the top target for Leeds going into the final days of the summer transfer window.

Leeds have been in talks with the second-tier German side over getting a deal done to sign the Japanese.

It has been claimed that the two clubs are now close to working out an agreement for the midfielder’s transfer.

Tanaka is now expected to fly out to England to complete the formalities of the transfer to Leeds.

Leeds are arranging to give a medical to the Japanese midfielder ahead of signing him on a permanent deal.

The Yorkshire giants are set to fork out a fee of around £3.4m to secure the agreement for Tanaka.

Leeds are confident of getting the deal through before the summer transfer window closes on Friday night.