Aston Villa sign former Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka on free transfer

[p]The 31-year-old arrives ‌after eight seasons at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]⁠Bayern[/a], ‌where he made 312 appearances, ​scored 51 goals and won seven ​Bundesliga titles and three German Cup trophies plus ⁠the ​Champions League following his move from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/schalke/0Ija0Ej9/"]Schalke[/a] in 2018.[/p][embed guid="79e1e9e6-98b9-454b-90ed-81851fcae46b" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2092991778940932490" social-type="twitter" /][p]The experienced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/goretzka-leon/l2JpsMjB/"]Goretzka[/a] featured ‌three times for Germany at the World Cup and has 73 caps for his country.[/p][p]He is expected to bolster Unai Emery's midfield after a close season ‌of departures, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tielemans-youri/GtkTQyib/"]Youri ​Tielemans[/a] moving to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester ‌United[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rogers-morgan/lp4jm80n/"]Morgan Rogers[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a].[/p][embed guid="90df83a2-d952-4b95-aad2-7c0ac782fc54" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2092997565390389592" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konsa-ezri/4CQLQWTa/"]Ezri Konsa[/a] has also joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a].[/p]