Official: Unai Emery, at Aston Villa

Unai Emery is now the manager of Aston Villa, replacing the dismissed Steven Gerrard. This was announced on Monday by the Birmingham club itself. His departure from Villarreal became official after Aston Villa were willing to pay the six million euros clause for Emery to leave the Villarreal club, which in the middle of the season will be forced to find a new coach. Villarreal’s director of football, Miguel Ángel Tena, will lead the team’s work session tomorrow as an interim until the new coach is announced. Marcelino García Toral and Marcelo Gallardo, among those who are already ringing.

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Villarreal also confirmed on Monday that Emery informed him of the unilateral termination of his contract and announced it The new Aston Villa coach will hold a farewell press conference this Tuesday the 12th. The groguet club thanked Emery for his work.

“Emery has gone down in the history of Villarreal CF for being to the first coach to win a club title, the UEFA Europa Leaguein addition to the historic success of the semi-finals of the Champions League last season and the team has qualified for two consecutive years in European competitions,” the club said in its statement.

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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. 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, since Sunday he has been scouring the market for 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. The Basque coach will begin work at the helm of Aston Villa on November 1, once issues related to his work permit are resolved. 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.