Unai Emery has reached an agreement in principle with Aston Villa to become his new coach, replacing the dismissed Steven Gerrard, and his departure from Villarreal will be official shortly. The Birmingham club is willing to pay a six million euro clause so that Emery, who accepted the ‘villains’ offer, can leave Villarreal, which will be forced to find a new coach in the middle of the season.
The operation, in its final stage, may be shut down shortly. Aston Villa, who offered the Basque a 5-year contract charging 7 million euro for each of them, is 14th in the Premier table, just 3 points from the relegation zone. Everything indicates that Unai Emery will not sit on the Villarreal bench this Thursday in the Conference League against Hapoel Beer Sheva.
The one that also tried to take Unai Emery, in this case last season, was Newcastle, but in the end there was no agreement. Villarreal, 7th in LaLiga, know the situation and it is clear that everything depends on what Unai Emery wants. The truth is since Sunday he has been sounding the market in search of a replacement technician. He resigned himself to the loss of the coach with whom he won the 2020-21 Europa League.
For Unai Emery, 50, this will be his second Premier League experience, where he has since managed Arsenal (2018-19), where he reached (and lost) the Europa League final that season. Lorca Deportiva (2004-06), Almería (2006-08), Valencia (2008-12), Spartak Moscow (2012), Seville (2013-16), PSG (2016-18), Arsenal (2018-19) and Villarreal (since 2020) are the teams coached by Unai Emery.
Source: La Verdad
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