---
title: "Bacuna Pens New Villa Deal"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2015/08/20/bacuna-pens-new-villa-deal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Lynch"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2015-08-20T14:12:11Z"
modified: "2015-08-20T14:23:43Z"
---

# Bacuna Pens New Villa Deal

Aston Villa’s versatile, Leandro Bacuna has penned a new five-year deal at Villa Park. The 23-year old joined the Villans in 2013 from Groningen and has developed into a vital figure in the Villa side proving to be heavily versatile.

[Bacuna told the club’s official website](https://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4946453,00.html) he was “absolutely thrilled” to sign a new deal at Villa Park. The former-Dutch U21 international went on to say how he was loving life at Villa and he was “really excited” about his future under Tim Sherwood.

“I feel I can really develop here and show my worth to the team and I think there are bright times ahead for us all.”

Despite not being his natural position the former-Groningen man spent the majority of last season at right-back making 18 appearances under Paul Lambert and then Tim Sherwood.

His fondest memory in a Villa shirt so far came when he scored a sweetly struck free-kick in Villa’s 3-2 victory over Manchester City in the 2013/14 season.