Leeds United are close to an agreement with Udinese for defender Jaka Bijol. A deal for the 26-year-old Slovenia international is expected to be worth around £17million ($23.1m) in addition to add-ons. Bijol has spent three seasons with Udinese, playing 95 times. David Ornstein

Transfer news LIVE!The main summer transfer window has officially reopened with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool all set to finalise some big deals.Arsenal, who are confident of signing Martin Zubimendi despite reported interest from Real Madrid,

Chelsea and Arsenal will both be on high alert to the possibility of signing free agents this summer and could do a lot worse than sign ex-Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. That is the opinion of ex-Premier League winger Florent Malouda, who believes Pogba should be pushing for a return to England.