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Simon Jordan has made a claim about Aston Villa boss Unai Emery and his time at Arsenal after winning the Europa League.<\/p>\n
Unai Emery<\/strong> has done a remarkable job at Aston Villa, having guided them to Champions League qualification in two of the past three seasons.<\/p>\n The respected boss has gone a step further this season by ending Aston Villa<\/strong>\u2018s 44-year trophy drought. They beat Bundesliga outfit Freiburg 3-0 in the Europa League final to win the competition on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n Emery is now a five-time European winner and ex-Aston Villa forward Gabby Agbonlahor thinks his former side had a \u201clucky escape\u201d when they appointed him over Ruben Amorim in 2022.<\/p>\n And Aston Villa\u2019s boss has successfully rebuilt his reputation after previously having a poor spell at Premier League champions Arsenal, and ex-Crystal Palace chairman Jordan thinks Emery has proven that \u201che was the right person probably at the wrong time\u201d for the Gunners.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Emery) was sought after by Newastle and they would have got him if Emery had a tad more gumption to push his chairman at the time, if you remember at the time Villarreal\u2019s chairman went, \u2018pack it in, you\u2019re not going anywhere\u2019. Then a little bit later Aston Villa came along,\u201d Jordan told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n READ: Aston Villa win the Europa League and the Premier League is next for Unai Emery \u201cWhat I liked was the interview he did last night where he said, \u2018we are going to go on, this is not the end of the road\u2019, it wasn\u2019t said in some flash for cash way that he was getting a soundbite from, this is what he thinks, this is where he thinks the opportunity is.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gives him a chance, I\u2019ve described the handicaps they (Villa) have, I\u2019d love him to overcome it because I personally think, despite my rancour about the ridiculous performance against Tottenham in that individual game, he\u2019s a class act, I think he\u2019s a class act as a manager, I think he\u2019s a class act the way the communicates to the media.<\/p>\n \u201cIt proves that Arsenal weren\u2019t wrong when they went for him. Just the timing, he was the right person probably at the wrong time, and look at the language the media thought it was funny to ridicule his inability to articulate the way he thought he should do. No one is ridiculing him now.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Arsenal labelled the \u2018worst\u2019 and \u2018greatest\u2019 PL champions ever as \u2018real challenge\u2019 for Arteta next<\/strong><\/p>\n Jordan has also explained why he thinks Emery is currently the \u201cbest manager in the Premier League\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my view, he\u2019s probably, given the tools he\u2019s working with and the component parts he has, arguably the best manager in the Premier League,\u201d Jordan added.<\/p>\n \u201cNow people will suggest that\u2019s a ridiculous statement to make because of Pep Guardiola, but I think if you compare all the contrasts and all the nuance and the different environments, I think he\u2019s done a bloody brilliant job.<\/p>\n \u201cEmery is a very good manager in a very good football club. I think there\u2019s still things for Aston Villa to achieve, I think what\u2019s more likely for them to achieve is to stabilise a constant theme of them being in the Champions League and a top-four club.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Arsenal dominate ranking of ways to win title from worst to best \u2013 but 2026 effort is 30th<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n
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