Urheilulehti (the magazine that originally told the rumour) never fails when they're writing about HJK players (magazine is owned by the same guy who owns HJK), so consider deal as done. Alex is a good midfielder who just didn't fit Favres tactics in Borussia Mönchengladbach. You're probably paying something like 750 000€ for his services. Alex has been living in Germany for more than 15 years, so he is more german than finnish, even he plays for Finland.