Unai Emery has admitted that he was tempted by Newcastle United's 'attractive project' but the Villarreal manager decided to stay put in his homeland out of respect to his employers.
Newcastle's owners launched a thorough search for a new manager following Steve Bruce's departure last October. A list of dozens of coaches around the world was whittled down to just two names: Emery and Eddie Howe.
While they are two very different managers, it is easy to see why Emery and Eddie Howe were shortlisted. Emery, of course, is a serial winner while Howe helped build Bournemouth up from a side languishing at the bottom of the Football League to one which held its own in the top-flight for years.
