{"id":920576,"date":"2026-07-17T18:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/coventry-seal-17m-deal-for-switzerland-defender-amenda\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:13:16","slug":"coventry-seal-17m-deal-for-switzerland-defender-amenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/coventry-seal-17m-deal-for-switzerland-defender-amenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Coventry seal \u00a317m deal for Switzerland defender Amenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.performgroup.com\/di\/library\/omnisport\/77\/6a\/aurele-amenda_187k24sjwdknr12rmwpoldlymw.jpg?t=1886564063\" alt=\"Soccer Coventry seal \u00a317m deal for Switzerland defender Amenda\">\n                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/bundesliga\/\"><br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/soccer-news\/img\/tn-icon.svg\" alt=\"Soccer competition icon\"><br \/>\n                                    Bundesliga News                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Coventry City have completed a \u00a317m deal to sign Switzerland centre-back Aurele Amenda from Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>Amenda is the third signing the Sky Blues have made ahead of their long-awaited Premier League return, after making Frank Onyeka&#8217;s loan move from Brentford permanent and bringing in Loum Tchaouna from Burnley in a \u00a320m transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Amenda was part of\u00a0Switzerland&#8217;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<p>He has spent the last two seasons with Eintracht, making 42 appearances in all competitions, with 22 of those being starts.<\/p>\n<p>He helped them finish third in the Bundesliga in 2024-25 and eighth in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>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<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Welcome to the City, Aur\u00e8le.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coventry City (@Coventry_City) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Coventry_City\/status\/2077807978934112481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot wait to meet everyone at the club, especially the fans but, of course, my team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like to defend my goal but I also like to play, I&#8217;m really calm with the ball so I can help the team with this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amenda&#8217;s Premier League debut could come against reigning champions Arsenal on August 21, as Lampard&#8217;s team visit the Emirates Stadium for the opening fixture of 2026-27.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/coventry-seal-17m-deal-for-switzerland-defender-amenda\/401966\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Bundesliga News Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team. Coventry City have completed a \u00a317m deal to sign Switzerland centre-back Aurele Amenda from Eintracht Frankfurt. Amenda is the third signing the Sky Blues have made ahead of their long-awaited Premier League return, after making Frank Onyeka&#8217;s loan move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":920577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63436,2005,37599],"tags":[14551,44204],"class_list":["post-920576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-coventry","category-soccer","category-switzerland","tag-coventry","tag-switzerland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}