After all the talk of Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery is set to be announced as the new Arsenal manager.
Reports from the Emirates on Monday night revealed that successful talks had taken place between the Gunners and Emery, resulting in an agreement for the former Paris Saint-Germain manager to succeed Arsene Wenger.
Emery’s appointment is expected to be announced at a press conference later this week, when we are likely to find out more about the nature of his deal and the backroom staff he will be taking with him.
A domestic treble was not enough to see Emery kept on at PSG but his recent history of trophies with the French club, as well as with Sevilla, has excited one of the world’s most famous Arsenal fans as Piers Morgan took to Twitter to welcome the Spaniard.
I wanted a young, dynamic manager with a proven track record.
I thus approve of Arsenal appointing Unai Emery, 46.
Just won the Treble at PSG after winning 3 successive Europas at Sevilla.
He's a winner.
Welcome, Senõr! pic.twitter.com/q8pc0AJN9J— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 21, 2018
Morgan was one of the more vocal advocates for Wenger’s dismissal, having complained about the Frenchman’s impact on the Gunners for several years, and it makes for strange reading seeing him content with goings-on at his club.
However the reaction has not been entirely positive as some supporters fear that the club went in the wrong direction with Emery, with some fans even going so far as to suggest that he is a downgrade from Wenger.
Have to say Ivan I think you bottled it I'm not impressed at all with the other options avaliable you pick emery fuck me guess we have to support him and hope he succeeds fuck
— AFC TILL I DIE (@JamesJo89587516) May 21, 2018
Unai Emery doesn’t fill me with any confidence whatsoever.
— Connor Humm (@TikiTakaConnor) May 21, 2018
Only thing we can hope for with Emery is a decent Europa campaign but even that I'm not confident about
— This is the way (@El_Camio) May 21, 2018
I think it’s absolutely disgusting that Arsenal could actually appoint Emery to replace Wenger. He’s absolutely shit. Would rather keep Wenger than appoint him. They’ll only go backwards.
— 🙃 (@TerribleAtFPL) May 21, 2018
Arsenal fans, thoughts on Unai Emery? #afc #gooners
I see it as a step backwards tbh. He hasn’t done great with PSG considering they’re always going to win the league with the biggest budget by far.
— Theo (@Thogden) May 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/DweezyFuller/status/998639757239439360
Why TF did we even sack Wenger???? Fuck off man, should've kept him for another year. Emery is fucking shit.
— ye (@asadshahhid) May 21, 2018
I could write an essay on how shit Emery is and this idiot Gazidis wants to hire him. Guy bottled a 6-1 lead with a team worth a billion. Arteta was a much better choice. Arteta will go on to become a good manager in the future and we’ve just ruined any chance of ever getting him
— Gavan (@Gavan_Sanghera) May 21, 2018
Emery?
Goodness graciousShit just got worse🤦
— Brown G (@the__brown) May 21, 2018
So its Unai Emery now … Ivan Gazidis and Stan Kroenke are Def Smokikg something at the Emirates… Wenger definitely laughing at these men…
— Kaddiiee (@e_akale) May 21, 2018
