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.

Following the successful completion of his scheduled medical, Argentina international Emiliano Buendia was officially unveiled as a new Bayer Leverkusen signing on Wednesday afternoon. The

TEAM_LINK|109|Bayer Leverkusen announced the signing of PLAYER_LINK|428749|Emiliano Buendia on loan from TEAM_LINK|76|Aston Villa.