{"id":1233873,"date":"2022-10-25T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/aston-villa-appoint-villareal-boss-unai-emery-as-head-coach\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:51:47","slug":"aston-villa-appoint-villareal-boss-unai-emery-as-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/aston-villa-appoint-villareal-boss-unai-emery-as-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa appoint Villareal boss Unai Emery as head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image_2022-10-25_070439544-696x392.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Unai Emery has won the Europa League four times\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unai Emery has won the Europa League four times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as manager following the sacking of Steven Gerrard.<\/p>\n<p>Former Arsenal boss Emery, who had been in charge of Spanish club Villarreal, will take over at Villa on 1 November.<\/p>\n<p>Villa have paid a \u00a35.2m buyout fee to Villarreal for the 50-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Caretaker Aaron Danks will again take charge at Newcastle this weekend, after Gerrard was\u00a0dismissed last week\u00a0following a 3-0 Premier League defeat by Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Emery, who would have been out of contract at Villarreal next summer, will begin work next week \u201cafter his work permit formalities are completed,\u201d Villa said.<\/p>\n<p>They added: \u201cAston Villa is delighted to announce the appointment of Unai Emery as the club\u2019s new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA highly experienced top level coach who has managed over 900 games, Unai has also previously managed in the Premier League during a spell with Arsenal, leading the Gunners to a Europa League final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has also enjoyed notable success at Sevilla and at Paris St-Germain. In Seville, he won three successive Europa League titles between 2013 and 2016 before going on to lift a Ligue 1 championship in France as well as two French Cups, two French League Cups and two Trophees des Champions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emery joined Villarreal in 2020 and led them to Europa League success in the 2020-21 season,\u00a0beating Manchester United\u00a0in the final.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish club also reached last year\u2019s Champions League semi-finals under Emery, losing 5-2 to Liverpool on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>Emery\u2019s Villarreal appointment followed his\u00a0sacking after just 18 months as Arsenal manager\u00a0in November 2019, after failing to win in seven games \u2013 the Gunners\u2019 worst run at the time since February 1992.<\/p>\n<p>During his time in north London he took Arsenal to the Europa League final, losing to Chelsea in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Villa\u00a0beat Brentford 4-0 on Sunday\u00a0under caretaker Danks \u2013 just their third win in 12 Premier League games this season \u2013 which left them 14th, three points above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>The club had also held talks with representatives of Sporting Lisbon coach\u00a0Ruben Amorin.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e_Nz0zqSBXo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Polio Day: This year\u2019s is focused on a healthier future for mothers and children (22-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_Nz0zqSBXo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unai Emery has won the Europa League four times Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as manager following the sacking of Steven Gerrard. 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