Tom Adeyemi has joined Leeds United on a season-long loan, the club have confirmed.
Subject to the completion of paperwork, Adeyemi will spend the 2015-16 season with Leeds, leaving parent club Cardiff City for a year.
The 23-year-old midfielder failed to make an impact at Cardiff last season, his first campaign with the Bluebirds since joining from Birmingham City for a seven-figure fee in the summer of 2014, playing in only 20 of their 46 Championship games, with just 11 of these appearances being starts.
Thus, it is understood that he has made the switch to Elland Road in order to increase the amount of game time he receives.
Rosler an Adeyemi fan
Adeyemi has worked with new Leeds manager Uwe Rosler previously in his career at Brentford, the two spending the 2013-13 season together as the player was loaned to the Bees from boyhood club Norwich City.
The manager is openly a fan of the player, and spoke to Sky Sports about his potential during that loan campaign, calling him "a great kid" with an attitude that is "spot on," as well as him being a very "composed" footballer.
Rosler will be hoping he can bring more of the same to Leeds this season as they look to improve on last season's 15th place finish in the Championship.
The Yorkshire club have already made four signings as they aim for a better campaign too, bringing in a familiar face to Adeyemi in former Cardiff goalkeeper Charlie Horton; making Sol Bamba's loan deal a permanent one, and recruiting two forwards in Lee Erwin and Chris Wood.
Adeyemi's career so far
Adeyemi started his professional career with Norwich, whose youth academy he came through. He joined them as a nine-year-old and made his debut for the first team at the age of 17 in a 7-1 defeat to Colchester United. He made a further 16 appearances in all competitions in the 2009-10 season but would embark on several loans spells in the following campaigns to further his experience.
He made 37 appearances for then League Two outfit Bradford City in the 2010-11 season, played 45 games for Charlton Athletic the following year and also played for Brentford in the 2012-13 campaign before making a permanent switch to Birmingham after his chances at Norwich grew slimmer.
Adeyemi spent a year with the Blues before joining Cardiff last summer for a fee in excess of £1 million. He made 23 appearances in all competitions last season, scoring one goal.
