Sept 1 (Reuters) - French ⁠winger Moussa Diaby has returned to ⁠Bayer Leverkusen from Saudi Pro ‌League side Al-Ittihad, the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday.

• The 27-year-old winger has signed a ​contract until 2031 after a ⁠two-year spell with ⁠Al-Ittihad, where he won the domestic ⁠double in ‌2025.

• Diaby, who has won 11 caps for France, ⁠joined Leverkusen in 2019 from Paris ​St ‌Germain and scored 49 goals in ⁠172 appearances ​in all competitions.

• He left the German club to join Aston Villa ⁠in 2023 and scored six ​goals in 38 Premier League appearances.

• "When the enquiry came in and the move ⁠became possible, I didn’t hesitate for a second. The club has grown even bigger in the meantime – competing ​for titles with ⁠Bayer 04 is a wonderful prospect, a ​huge goal of ‌mine," Diaby said in ​a statement.

(Reporting by Mohamed Yossry in Cairo, editing by Ed Osmond)