Unai Emery: Last News

Manchester United will be looking to go one step closer to securing their place in the Champions League next season when they welcome an Aston Villa side who are in resurgent form under Unai Emery. The visitors have now emerged as late contenders for a place in the European places along with Brighton & Hove Albion, Tottenham and Liverpool.

Manchester United face another tough test in the Premier League this weekend when welcoming Aston Villa to Old Trafford.

Manchester United will not allow Alejandro Garnacho to participate in the Under-20 World Cup for Argentina next month.

Manchester United squandered a 2-0 lead to draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday night

Andy Walker has tipped Kieran Tierney for a move to Newcastle over the coming months of the football calendar - stating that the Scotland star won't be happy playing 'second fiddle' to Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery hopes to see Emiliano Martinez win "many trophies" at Aston Villa after the goalkeeper's dad hinted at a future move.

Aston Villa are reportedly locked in talks with Lyon over a move for Moussa Dembele - but could be set to leave Celtic with nothing as he approaches the end of his contract.

Former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard could boost his chances of succeeding Gareth Southgate as England manager if he leads Poland to success, it is being claimed. The Liverpool legend skippered his country and won 114 caps during a glittering International career.

Galatasaray are reported to have given up hope of landing Moussa Dembele this month amid whispers he is set to join Aston Villa.

Former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is reportedly in talks to takeover as the new boss of Poland.

West Ham striker Michail Antonio has claimed a clutch of Aston Villa stars weren't having Steven Gerrard 's personality during his ill-fated stay in the Midlands.

Aston Villa have moved quickly to replace Steven Gerrard with Unai Emery drafted in from Villarreal for a dramatic Premier League return.

Mikel Arteta has revealed that his relationship with William Saliba got off to a rocky start when the Spanish boss took over at Arsenal. Saliba was brought to Arsenal from Saint-Etienne by ex-boss Unai Emery who splashed £27m on the defender in 2019.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has lauded the progress Arsenal have made under Mikel Arteta as they prepare to defend their 100 per cent record at Old Trafford.

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka believes Mikel Arteta is a "freak" - in a "positive" way.Arteta has frequently stuck by the Switzerland captain ever since he replaced Unai Emery in December 2019. Despite the fact he has previously been stripped of the Gunners’ captaincy and has also been recklessly sent off on many occasions, Xhaka remains a key part of the Arsenal midfield.This time last season, Xhaka appeared to be heading out of the exit door, with Jose Mourinho's Roma side appearing to be at the front of the queue.

Mikel Arteta wanted Jurgen Klopp's right-hand man Pep Lijnders to join him at Arsenal when he replaced Unai Emery as manager back in 2019.Lijnders, who has been Liverpool's assistant manager since 2014 (save for the four month period in 2018 where he left to manage Dutch side NEC), revealed in his new book 'Intensity' that Arteta - who was Pep Guardiola's assistant for four years at Manchester City - approached him after noticing how much of an impact Lijnders had on Klopp's team."Mikel Arteta had asked me to be his assistant manager when he was preparing for his new step into management," Lijnders wrote.READ MORE: Arsenal chief Edu hints Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil were "killing" Gunners"We were together years earlier on the Pro Licence course, [though] his request came out of nothing. Mikel had said he felt: 'There was just a difference playing Liverpool before and after you came in'."This was the biggest compliment I ever got from somebody, I think, but I politely said no to him."The Dutchman admitted he was tempted by the "crazy" thought of both Guardiola and Klopp's assistants joining forces, but with Liverpool weeks away from sealing their first ever Premier League title at the time, leaving wasn't an option.Would Arsenal be a top four team if Pep Lijnders had become Mikel Arteta's assistant? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.The task facing Arteta at Arsenal isn't too dissimilar to the one Klopp and Lijnders faced back at Anfield back in 2015.

Villarreal manager Unai Emery has made clear why Manchester United are targeting his centre-back Pau Torres this summer.

Read Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos had no hesitation in rubbing salt into the wounds of Manchester City after the Premier League champions fell short in Europe yet again.Madrid’s Rodrygo scored two goals in extra time to turn the tie on its head on Wednesday night – with Riyad Mahrez previously giving City a 5-3 advantage on aggregate. Karim Benzema then continued his impressive form by scoring the winner from the penalty spot after a foul by Ruben Dias.The self-destruction of City was jaw-dropping to many, especially as they already had one foot in the final and dominated the second leg.

Unai Emery's Villarreal got off to a dream start to their Champions League semi-final second leg at the Estadio de la Ceramica - proving a prediction from the former Arsenal boss right. Emery, who led Villarreal to Europa League glory last season, knew his team would give Liverpool far more problems than they managed to do at Anfield in a game that they lost 2-0 following an own goal and a strike from Sadio Mane last week.The former PSG boss had said after his team failed to have a shot on target in the first leg: "They [Liverpool] are going to suffer more than tonight in Villarreal."That was the case as Boulaye Dia and Francis Coquelin both scored in the first half, levelling up the tie on aggregate before the second leg.Jurgen Klopp's men then regrouped at the break with Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane all scoring in the second-half to book their place in the final.Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold said of the result on BT Sport: "We never seem to make these Champions League semi-finals easy for ourselves. HAVE YOUR SAY! Will Liverpool win the quadruple? Tell us in the comments section "Difficult, really difficult.

Liverpool got "bit lucky" in finding an opening goal against Villarreal following a resolute defensive first-half from Unai Emery's side. The Reds found a breakthrough early in the second period after Henderson's cross deflected off defender Pervis Estupinan to bamboozle Geronimo Rulli - with Sadio Mane prodding home a second just two minutes later.