Villa Needs to Break Up Old Patterns This Season to Win Champions League Bid
Latest Update On Unai Emery’s Future: Can Aston Villa Afford To Enter Next Season Without Him? Former Manchester United chief scout Mick Brown has delivered a clear message to Aston Villa supporters, telling Football Insider that Unai Emery will attract significant interest from Europe’s biggest clubs when the summer transfer window approaches. Brown, a highly respected figure in football recruitment, said outright that Emery is one of the most sought-after managers in the game right now, and that multiple clubs in need of a new boss will make their move if the opportunity presents itself.
Unai Emery: Villa’s Most Important Decision This Summer Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both face serious questions over their managerial situations heading into next summer, and Brown named both clubs explicitly as potential suitors. He added that European sides would also track Emery closely. The 54-year-old Spaniard, who has no international management role and built his entire elite reputation at club level, matters more to Villa’s trajectory than any signing they could make.
Brown did not go as far as calling a departure inevitable, but made clear that dissatisfaction within the current Villa setup, combined with the right offer from elsewhere, could prove persuasive enough to prise him away from Birmingham. “Unai Emery has done a fantastic job at Aston Villa,” Brown told Football Insider. “He’s held in very high regard in managerial circles, and I’m sure there will be clubs who look to tempt him away from Aston Villa if that’s a possibility.
Look at all of the clubs that will be in need of managers in the summer, the likes of Man United and Tottenham in the Premier League. They will obviously be interested in a manager of Emery’s calibre, and I have no doubt there will be European clubs keeping an eye on him as well. ” “If he does decide to leave Aston Villa, he’s not going to have any shortage of offers.
It just depends on how he sees his future going there. I can definitely see why he would be unhappy in that situation, and perhaps if the right offer comes along, he could be tempted away. ” Can Aston Villa Afford To Enter Next Season Without Emery At The Helm?