Emiliano Buendia signed a contract extension at Aston Villa before making the switch to reigning Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen

Buendia fits Farke’s own January transfer criteria, in that a potential arrival must be of good quality, of great character and affordable. The problem is that every other top team is searching for players with the same category filter, something that the club itself is aware of.

Bayer Leverkusen has signed Argentine offensive midfielder Emiliano Buendia on loan from Aston Villa to compensate for the injured Martin Terrier.