LEEDS United have announced the signing of midfielder Adam Forshaw from Sky Bet Championship rivals Middlesbrough for £4.5million.

Forshaw, 26, has put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year contract and will go straight into head coach Thomas Christiansen's squad for Saturday's home league game against Millwall.

"I'm made up, as soon as I knew Leeds were interested I wanted to come here," the player said.

"With the size of the club, the history, everything just felt right and I can't wait to get going."

Forshaw appeared destined for Cardiff before Leeds entered the race for his signature, it was reported this week.

He began his career at Everton, making two senior appearances, and joined Brentford, initially on loan in early 2012 before the move was made permanent the following May.

Forshaw won automatic promotion to the Championship with Brentford in 2014 and moved on to Wigan and then Middlesbrough, who paid an undisclosed fee in January 2015.

He made a total of 103 appearances for Middlesbrough and helped them win automatic promotion to the Premier League in 2016, but fell out of favour under previous boss Garry Monk and has featured on only 14 occasions this season.

Meanwhile, Leeds have reached their fund-raising target of £200,000 for young fan Toby Nye's cancer treatment, the club have announced.

Toby, five, is suffering from neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer which spreads rapidly across the body, and Leeds launched their One Day for Toby campaign in October.

All the club's players and staff donated a day's salary and the final £25,000 has been pledged by midfielder Samuel Saiz.

"It is with great pride that Leeds United can announce that the funds for Toby Nye's Neuroblastoma treatment have been successfully raised," the club said.

Leeds United managing director Angus Kinnear added: " We talk about family and togetherness a lot at our club, it's a culture we have been determined to reinstate across everyone involved with Leeds and raising this money has truly been a team effort."