{"id":104330,"date":"2026-07-16T19:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/104330\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:41:09","slug":"coventry-seal-17m-deal-for-switzerland-defender-amenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/104330\/","title":{"rendered":"Coventry seal \u00a317m deal for Switzerland defender Amenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coventry City have completed a \u00a317m deal to sign Switzerland centre-back Aurele Amenda from Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

Amenda is the third signing the Sky Blues have made ahead of their long-awaited Premier League return, after making Frank Onyeka’s loan move from Brentford permanent and bringing in Loum Tchaouna from Burnley in a \u00a320m transfer.<\/p>\n

Amenda was part of\u00a0Switzerland’s 26-man squad for the World Cup but did not make an appearance as they reached the quarter-finals, ultimately losing to Argentina in extra time.<\/p>\n

He has spent the last two seasons with Eintracht, making 42 appearances in all competitions, with 22 of those being starts.<\/p>\n

He helped them finish third in the Bundesliga in 2024-25 and eighth in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Having signed a four-year contract at the Coventry Building Society Arena, the 22-year-old credited head coach Frank Lampard for his role in getting the deal done.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the City, Aur\u00e8le.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014 Coventry City (@Coventry_City) July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

“After the first call with the gaffer, I felt the trust and I liked the project, so I feel this is a really good step for me,” he told the club’s website.<\/p>\n

“I cannot wait to meet everyone at the club, especially the fans but, of course, my team-mates.<\/p>\n

“I like to defend my goal but I also like to play, I’m really calm with the ball so I can help the team with this.”<\/p>\n

Amenda’s Premier League debut could come against reigning champions Arsenal on August 21, as Lampard’s team visit the Emirates Stadium for the opening fixture of 2026-27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coventry City have completed a \u00a317m deal to sign Switzerland centre-back Aurele Amenda from Eintracht Frankfurt. Amenda is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[18588,82,51319,51318,17],"class_list":["post-104330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-social","tag-sport","tag-sporty","tag-sportytv","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116931361641755693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}