Coventry set to shatter switch report and will break it once more imminently afterwards
Coventry have agreed a deal in precept with Eintracht Frankfurt to signal Switzerland defender Aurele Amenda, talkSPORT understands.
The Sky Blues are set to snap up the 22-year-old centre-back in a club-record £17million deal forward of the Sky Blues’ return to the Premier League.
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Coventry’s report switch presently stands on the £7.7m shelled out to Turkish facet Antalyaspor for USA ahead Haji Wright in 2023.
Nonetheless, the transfer for Amenda may not stand because the membership’s report switch for lengthy.
Coventry might break it once more this summer time in the event that they full the everlasting signing of £20m-rated goalkeeper Carl Rushworth from Brighton.
Though Amenda is presently on the World Cup with Switzerland, the deal is known to be virtually accomplished.
Amenda, who joined Eintracht Frankfurt in 2024 from Swiss facet Younger Boys, has been praised for his athleticism and ball-playing capacity.
He featured 29 occasions for the Bundesliga facet final season, together with 5 within the Champions League.
Regardless of that, he thought of leaving Frankfurt within the January switch window as a result of not getting as a lot enjoying time as he was initially promised.
Lots of promise
German soccer knowledgeable Constantin Eckner mentioned: “He is a gifted, actually tall Swiss defender. Proper now, he’s with the Switzerland staff on the World Cup.
“He is athletic and has a extremely excessive work-ethic. I have been advised by individuals at Frankfurt that he actually places within the work and even after coaching periods, which is basically appreciated by lots of people.
“He isn’t had the best of occasions at Frankfurt as a result of typically he is solely been a back-up.
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“He did get extra recreation time underneath Albert Riera, who was Frankfurt’s coach for the second half of the season, however I believe it is time for him to maneuver on and check out one thing else.
“Getting a beginning eleven spot can be a contemporary begin for a really gifted defender. I might see him beginning for Coventry Metropolis and growing as he is solely 22 years outdated.”
The defender is but to characteristic for his nation on the World Cup having been named as an unused substitute in all three of their matches thus far.
Amenda is ready to grow to be Coventry’s second signing of the season after the acquisition of Brentford midfielder Frank Onyeka on Monday.
And there was additional excellent news for the membership on Tuesday with the information that boss Frank Lampard has signed a brand new contract till 2029.
The 48-year-old steered Coventry to the Championship title final time period to seal promotion again to the Premier League after a 24-year absence.
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His earlier deal was set to run out on the finish of subsequent season, however has now dedicated his future to the membership regardless of current curiosity from Fulham and Crystal Palace.
Coventry start the 2026/27 marketing campaign with a visit to champions Arsenal on Friday August 21, stay on talkSPORT.
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