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Leeds agree £20m sale of popular defender Pascal Struijk to Brighton… to avoid losing him for nothing next summer

Leeds United have agreed to sell Pascal Struijk to Brighton in a £20million deal.

The 26-year-old left-footed centre-back is a popular figure at Elland Road but Leeds had been struggling to tie him down to a new deal.

Brighton are still to formalise their bid but matters were verbally agreed on Saturday.

Leeds had proposed a new contract, but Struijk wanted a fresh challenge and they could ill afford to lose him for nothing next summer.

Pascal Struijk’s eight-year spell at Elland Road is set to end with a move to Brighton

Struijk joined Leeds in 2018 and has made 196 appearances for the club.

Brighton sold Jan Paul van Hecke to Spurs for £52m and had three offers for Luka Vuskovic rejected.

They have opened talks with Atalanta for Honest Ahanor, 18, and with Venezia on Austria’s World Cup defender Michael Svoboda.