FOOTBALL – Sunderland have agreed a fee worth up to 20 million euros ($23.3m) for the signing of Bayer Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka.
The newly-promoted Premier League club are set to pay Leverkusen 15m euros up front with a further 5m in potential add-ons, with Xhaka set for a medical in the next 24 to 48 hours.
The Athletic reported on July 22 that the former Arsenal midfielder had informed Leverkusen he only wanted to join Sunderland.
He agreed personal terms with the Stadium of Light side, having had the option to stay in Germany or move elsewhere, including to Saudi Arabia.
The 32-year-old was previously tied to Leverkusen until 2028 after joining from Arsenal in 2023.
Xhaka has made 99 appearances for the German team and helped them to their first Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal in 2023-24. He made 49 appearances in all competitions last season, including ten in the Champions League.
The Switzerland captain spent seven years at Arsenal and won the FA Cup twice, in 2017 and 2020. He made 297 appearances over the course of his time in north London.
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