The striker will join on a permanent transfer worth an initial €20 million, plus performance-based add-ons that could see the deal grow to €30 million.
The Modeste signing became necessary after star striker Sébastien Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer during the preseason.
Club sources did not deny that Leipzig are working on a return of the 26-year-old Chelsea striker. “He is a good player and, of course, we would like him back,” one club source said with a big smile on their face.
“The new club is fixed. Niklas made a decision a short time ago and I would be surprised if he overturns this decision again,” Volker Struth, Niklas…