Emi Buendia signs Aston Villa contract extension and joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan
2025-01-30
Category: sports

Emi Buendia has signed a contract extension with Aston Villa and will immediately join Bayer Leverkusen on loan until the end of the season.The 28-year-old midfielder moved to Villa from Norwich in 2021 for a club-record deal worth an initial Â£33m. He has made 97 appearances for the club, scoring 10 goals, and made his international debut for Argentina in February 2022. Buendia missed the entire 2023-24 season when he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a training session. He made his return to the side as a substitute against Everton in September. Bayer Leverkusen are second in the German Bundesliga, eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich. 