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Paul Clarke

Rodrigo pictured as Leeds United transfer move from Valencia edges closer

Leeds United fans should be pretty happy with how their summer transfer window has gone so far.

Whilst there hadn't been any major deals done as yet, it has been going along nicely with an air of confidence around Elland Road.

That might come as a surprise seeing as though Marcelo Bielsa's new contract has not yet be confirmed, but that is simply a matter of time.

In the meantime, Leeds have been chasing a deal for Rodrigo from Valencia and now that has been agreed.

Just to get Leeds fans even more excited, the Spaniard has been pictured at an airport back in his homeland with Whites' sporting director Victor Orta reportedly flying with him.

It was confirmed on Tuesday that Leeds had come to an agreement with Valencia on a £30 million transfer.

On the deal, Orta said: "It's true that this is the most expensive signing of Leeds' history.

"I would like to thank my president, Andrea Radrizzani, and our director Angus Kinnear that believed in all of this. I would like to thank the player and the player's father that believed the project since the start and that allowed us to present what we are.

"Here (Valencia) we have a memory of a wonderful Champions League semi-final and we have this ambition of building this team step by step but with this ambition of putting Leeds in a new place.

"And I would like to thank Valencia for their conduct. I hope that everything goes well from now and that we finish all the paperwork.

"But for us is a strategic signing that show what we want to be: a humble club that just got promotion, but that want to be a stable Premier League club, that is very important for us."

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