Newcastle United Want To Appoint Former Arsenal Coach As Their New Coach

Written By Onyeka Daniel

English side, Newcastle United have been in the market for a new coach after sacking Steve Bruce following the recent takeover of the club by Saudi-backed Public Investment Funds.

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This season the Tyneside club have just four points after ten matches and lie in 19 place on the Premier League table, just two points above Norwich at the bottom of the table.

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Graeme Jones has stood in as caretaker manager and oversaw a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace and a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea and the club are keen to appoint a high profile manager to take over on a permanent basis.

Several names have been linked to the job, from former Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard to Steven Gerrard and even Antonio Conte, who was recently appointed as coach of Tottenham Hotspur but it seems like they have finally settled on the choice of Unai Emery as their next coach.

Emery spent a season in charge of Arsenal before moving to Villarreal, he had also previously won the Europa League trophy on three consecutive occasions with Sevilla between 2013 and 2016, before winning it with Villarreal last season.

He’s currently the coach of Villarreal and the 49-year-old tactician is under contract at Villarreal until the summer of 2023, so Newcastle would have to pay a compensation package (about €6 million) in order to bring him to St James’ Park.

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Unai Emery has come out to say he’s not aware of the possible interest in him by Newcastle United.

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The Spaniard has seen success wherever he goes, winning trophies with Sevilla, PSG and Villarreal but had an unsuccessful spell with English side, Arsenal and he’s set to have another chance at winning a trophy in England if Newcastle do go ahead to appoint him but he has replied to the rumors linking him to the job at the Tyneside club,

“I don’t know anything about Newcastle.” He said when asked during the pre-match conference ahead of Villarreal’s UEFA Champions League match against Young Boys.

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(The Athletic)