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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Scott Murray

Welcome back Unai Emery, the Rishi Sunak of the Premier League

Unai Emery spots a tasty Premier League opportunity.
Unai Emery spots a tasty Premier League opportunity. Photograph: Álex Caparrós/Getty Images

EFF THE TOR… HOLD ON, WE’RE NOT DOING THE WREXHAM STORY? REALLY? FINE. EMERY IT IS

Unai Emery’s stint at Arsenal wasn’t studded with glorious success. So much so that, were you to ask fans in England for the first thing that springs to mind upon mention of the four-time Euro Vase-winning Spaniard, a fair few would head straight for the way he delivers a particular latter-day greeting. It’s a bit off, really. Partly because poking fun at an amiable gent for the way they mispronounce one syllable from thousands of words in live television interviews conducted in a foreign language is staggeringly poor form. But mainly because his presiding over that 4-1 Euro Vase final defeat to Chelsea says a lot less about Emery, and a damn sight more about the epic show Arsenal regularly make of themselves on the continent.

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