OFFICIAL: Unai Emery is new Arsenal Manager

Gunner89

BBC

BREAKING: Arsenal to appoint Unai Emery as new manager. Thorough process produced 46yo Spaniard as unanimous choice. Available after leaving #PSG (1 Lg1 title, 4 cups), previously Sevilla (3 EL wins), not fluent English. Announcement + press conference likely later this week #AFC

Ricky1985

I'll reserve judgment, but to say I'm underwhelmed and unimpressed would be an understatement.

Gunner89

Matt Law
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Unai Emery set to be the next Arsenal manager after club go cold on Arteta at 11th hour #afc

Shady

I think he's good. Better option than Arteta, who I'd like to see prove himself elsewhere first.

HomeSteak

HABEMUS PAPA

Better option than Arteta, the best out there? Probably not. But I'll take him over Arteta, Vieira, Henry and all other names like that ....

Welcome Unay Emery.

lorddulaarsenal

Interesting appointment. Welcome.

Ray

Yep, looking forward to see what he brings. All the Arteta hype was pointless 😆

goon

So the new era begins. Defo not my first choice but at least we should get some good football.

Seems to have come out of nowhere but I saw earlier that he was in the country over a week ago, so maybe not as last min as the media would have us believe.

goon

Also confirmed, Ballbag is the only Arsenal ITK.

Gazza M

Better choice than all the ex players linked, his teams generally play decent football, and he's worked on small budgets in the past. I'll take it

flobaba

Better. Now let’s get this show on the road

QuincyAbeyie

It's certainly interesting. I didn't think much of him at PSG and apparently he flopped at Spartak Moscow, but as Jones and others pointed out his work with Valencia and Sevilla might be what we need right now.

y va marquer

I take issue with the misleading thead title.
I thought it had been officially announced by the club.

Currently Emery is the prime candidate for the job but he is not yet the new manager.

Mirth

Meh. he'll do

(talking about emery, not the thread title)

y va marquer

When he is appointed I will be distinctly underwhelmed.

arsedocmd

We jump from A to U skipping E,I,O.

Pepe LeFrits

A bit underwhelmed but could have been worse I suppose. Probably would have preferred Arteta though.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

What happened with Arteta then?

Welcome, Emery. Now, Unai what to do.

Ray

I think Arteta would have been trying too hard to emulate Pep/Wenger rather than having his own ideas.

QuincyAbeyie

y va marquer wrote:
When he is appointed I will be distinctly underwhelmed.

It's Ornstein. If you're going to be underwhelmed there's no need to wait.