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Nico Elvedi travel plans change at last minute as he closes in on Leeds transfer Nico Elvedi will fly into the UK on Sunday evening ahead of signing for Leeds United. An £8.5million fee has been agreed with Borussia Monchengladbach for the long-term Leeds target to finally make his move to Elland Road. It had originally been reported that Elvedi was jetting into England on Monday ahead of undergoing a medical. However, LeedsLive journalist Isaac Johnson has now reported that the Switzerland defender will travel a day earlier than anticipated. It is understood that Elvedi's arrival now means that Sebastiaan Bornauw has now been given permission to leave the Premier League club. And he's not the only one set to say goodbye to Leeds. Sebastiaan Bornauw released for exit as Leeds finalise Nico Elvedi travel plans With Elvedi joining from Gladbach, Bornauw is now going the other way to join Hamburg. The Belgian defender is leaving on an initial loan deal, with Hamburg holding the option to make the move permanent next year. And the same goes for Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri, who's set to join Torino on a loan-to-buy basis. Joel Piroe's future at Leeds is also in major doubt with West Ham now emerging as a bidder for the out-of-favour Suriname striker. Elvedi will become Leeds' fourth new signing of the summer after Harry Wilson, Tarik Muharemovic and James Trafford. But the question on everyones' lips will now be whether or not there'll be a fifth addition to Daniel Farke's squad. Who Leeds could sign next after Elvedi There's definitely a need for Leeds to sign a new striker this summer. Stuttgart striker Ermedin Demirovic, a Bosnia & Herzegovina teammate of Muharemovic, is someone who's name has cropped up a bit more lately. Lyon's Pavel Sulc is also someone who has been linked with Leeds, but while the Czechia international is a versatile attacker, he's more adept at playing in a No 10 role behind a centre-forward. Leeds' business usually bursts into the public arena, rather than being a slow-burner, so fans can still expect one or two names that haven't been mentioned yet emerging later in the window.