Swiss World Cup star Johan Manzambi completes move to Aston Villa from Freiburg

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Manzambi[/a] scored ‌three goals and provided two assists as Switzerland reached the ‌World Cup quarter-finals for ⁠the ‌first time since 1954 before losing ​3-1 to Argentina.[/p][p]Manzambi joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/freiburg/fiEQZ7C7/"]Freiburg[/a]'s youth academy in ​2023 and was promoted to the senior team a year ⁠later. He ​went on to make 58 appearances for the Bundesliga club, scoring nine goals.[/p][embed guid="8f626b12-23a1-485c-9377-40e5e17e78a5" url="https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/2078169358363468233" social-type="twitter" /][p]He played a ‌key role in Freiburg's run to their first major European final as the German side finished runners-up to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] in the Europa League.[/p][p]"[b]Manzambi will take the No.44 shirt, the number he wore for ‌the Bundesliga side when ​he faced Villa in Istanbul[/b]," ‌the club said in a statement.[/p][p]Aston Villa open their Premier League campaign at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brighton/2XrRecc3/"]Brighton[/a] on August 23rd.[/p]