Unai Emery, during a Villarreal match. /
The English club pays the six million clause and the Gipuzkoan leaves the Villarreal bench orphaned. Marcelino appears among the candidates to occupy the yellow bench
This time yes. Unai Emery leaves Villarreal to undertake a new adventure in the Premier League, the competition that he already tempted him just a year ago. The Basque coach has closed an agreement with Aston Villa, who will pay the six million euros of the termination clause. The operation became official this Monday night. In this way, the entity chaired by Fernando Roig has launched the search for a new tenant for the bench. One of the names that appears among the candidates is Marcelino García Toral.
Aston Villa has launched strongly for Emery. The Villains’ start to the season is proving disappointing, so the British club have sacked Steven Gerrard. Last Sunday, in the first game after his dismissal, the team thrashed Brentford (4-0) with Aaron Danks as interim coach.
At Villarreal they already feared Emery’s departure just a year ago, when the man from Hondarribia received an attractive offer from Newcastle. After a few days of maximum uncertainty, the coach chose to continue in the yellow team.
“Villarreal is my home and I am 100% committed. Honestly, I am grateful for the interest of a great club, but even more grateful for being here and that is why I communicated to Fernando Roig my decision to want to continue being part of this project because of the commitment and respect that I perceive from the club and my players. , which is mutual and reciprocal. As much noise as there was yesterday in another country, within the club there was transparency and loyalty with Roig’s family and with my squad, which is maximum and for me is the most important thing, “said Emery a year ago.
