Europa League specialist to the rescue – Unai Emery is what the new board wants

Will the famous ‘good eBening’ be heard at St.James’ Park? There is a possibility that Spanish tactician Unai Emery might return to England after he left Arsenal in 2019. The ones interested in his services – newly mega-rich Newcastle United.Amanda Staveley and the club’s Saudi-led consortium hope to conclude a deal for the Villarreal boss in the next 48 hours, sources have confirmed. Emery was on the shortlist to replace Steve Bruce as per last month’s report by Sportsmail.The rumoured talks between two sides accelerated over the weekend during a series of Zoom calls on Sunday and Staveley believes she has now found Bruce’s successor to lead the team away from the relegation zone and to Premier League survival.What are Barca to do with the remaining money owed to Ronald Koeman?Newcastle are yet to record a single victory in the Premier League this season – a torrid start to the season taking just four points from their opening ten games.Now the richest football club in world football is in danger to be relegated which is not something the new Saudi owners would like to start with.Since October 20 when they sacked Bruce – the Magpies are in intense search mode. Graeme Jones, previously Bruce’s assistant head coach, was placed in interim charge and under his stewardship the club drawed with Crystal Palace and lost to Chelsea.Whoever takes over at Tyneside, will have resources galore. The club’s board is prepared to equip their new manager with quite a fund in the January transfer window. However, another 10 matches remain before they can start spending and signing new players.After major Europa League success with Sevilla and Villareal, Emery was not as successful with PSG and Arsenal.Tue, 23.00: (1.43) VILLAREAL (5.00) YOUNG BOYS (7.75)The opportunity for the Magpies lies in the fact that Villareal have had a slower start to the new campaign and sit 13th after 11 games so far – if the La Liga side decide they would like to try with someone new in the dug-outs, Newcastle are ready and waiting.As far as Emery’s experience in the Premier League, the 49-year-old’s spell at Arsenal did not go so well, as he was sacked after an 18-month stint at the Gunners following a poor start to the 2019-20 season. He was close to winning some silverware for the north Londoners however the Spaniard was beaten by Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea in the 2019 Europa League final in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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