Teenager Wilfried Gnonto has snuck into Leeds United in the closing moments of the summer transfer window after a transfer was agreed with Zurich. The Italy international arrives at Elland Road on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee after a deadline day which looked like it would leave the Whites empty-handed.
With Daniel James’s loan to Fulham waiting to go through all day, United appeared to be ending the day a man down after Bamba Dieng had his head turned as he prepared to board a flight to the UK. The Marseille forward would ultimately fail a medical at Nice anyway, but it left Leeds looking short of options with the hours ebbing away.
Gnonto, 18, had been linked to Elland Road throughout the summer and Jesse Marsch had even commented on the striker recently. Asked if Gnonto was Premier League ready, the head coach said: “No.
