Jamie Carragher: You can make an argument that Unai Emery is the third best manager in this Premier League. If you back over the last 12 months since he came in at Villa, if you are talking about Man Utd, Aston Villa are a better coached team than United. There is no doubt about that.
I somewhere agree with you based on his history. But there is a part of me that thinks he may have just been unlucky.
He was at PSG which was a mess with players having more power than him. Then he went to Arsenal where he had to replace Wenger which is poisoned chalice. He also inherited a relatively poor squad which includes the Ozil situation. Then on top of that they weren’t giving him the players he wanted. He wanted Zaha, they bought Pepe etc
I somewhere agree with you based on his history. But there is a part of me that thinks he may have just been unlucky.
He was at PSG which was a mess with players having more power than him. Then he went to Arsenal where he had to replace Wenger which is poisoned chalice. He also inherited a relatively poor squad which includes the Ozil situation. Then on top of that they weren’t giving him the players he wanted. He wanted Zaha, they bought Pepe etc
So he might still be a top level coach
Lol a couple points difference w prime zaha and we make the champions league and the future looks soooo different for arsenal.
Emery is to be celebrated for bringing Saka and smith-Rowe through the academy and starting them at young ages as well.
All said though things happen for a reason and I think arsenal and emery have both found the ones they are meant for right now.