Leeds United chief excutive Angus Kinnear has revealed that they made an approach to Aston Villa for Emi Buendia during the summer transfer window.

The Whites saw several of their first-team players depart for big money including Archie Gray, Crysenico Summerville, and Georginio Rutter, which brought them more than £100m in player sales. To combat losing such an array of attacking talent, they made an approach to Villa to see if Argentine midfielder Buendia was available, however they were rebuffed in their approach.

Speaking on the Square Ball podcast, Kinnear said: “I can talk specifically about two examples… Two players that would fit the bill significantly better than who we have currently and bear in mind we’re looking at replacing a £40m player which is obviously going to be challenging at Championship level.

“Buendia was on our list, and very clearly [the feedback] from Aston Villa [was that he] wasn’t going to be released, and the player didn’t want to come back down. He felt he’d served his time at Championship level.”

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