Unai Emery was added to the Aston Villa bench

Arriving in November 2022 on the bench of the Birmingham club, where he succeeded former England football great Steven Gerrard, Emery raised the level of a team that was on the verge of relegation and currently 4th in the championship, in the race . by qualifying for the Champions League.

Aston Villa, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, qualified on Thursday, losing to French club Lille, for the semi-finals of the Europa League where they will face Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus. The Villans are looking for a first European title since 1982, the year they won the European Cup.

“We are moving forward together with the Villa supporters, the club owners, the management and this group of players who we are proud of”, announced the 52-year-old Spaniard, quoted by the club. The former coach of Sevilla FC, Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal, Emery was recently mentioned as one of the potential successors of Thomas Tuchel at Bayern Munich.