Unai Emery: If Arsenal players buy in to his philosophy, they can win things
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Emery will get Arsenal more organised than they have been. He’s really keen on drills and discipline, worked PSG hard at training and has got a very good idea of what he wants to do.
His first game at PSG was the 2016 Trophee des Champions – the French Community Shield – against Lyon and they won 4-1. PSG played with an intensity like they never had before. It looked like his philosophy – pressing high, running a lot, attacking a lot, defending a lot, full backs bombing forward.
But then the players said they should go back to what they know because they were used to tiki-taka football where they took their time.
Emery had to evolve a bit to accommodate his players, when it shouldn’t have been like that – it should’ve been the players accommodating his philosophy.
If the Arsenal players are on board with what he wants to do, that’s how he won three straight Europa Leagues, because that Sevilla team were all on board.
Developing players
At Sevilla, Emery and then-director of football Monchi did an amazing job.
Monchi, who is now at Roma, would deal with transfers, mostly bringing in young or unproven players, while Emery as a coach would make them better.
The best job Emery did at Sevilla was to take those players Monchi was finding in the lower leagues in France or obscure leagues across Europe, improve them, make them play as a team and win trophies.
If you realise there is a rebuilding job to do, you need someone who will work on the training pitch to improve the players you have because there might not be much money to buy another 10 to 15 players.
Emery is the right guy for that. He will work well with head of recruitment Sven Mislintat and a young player like defender Konstantinos Mavropanos will blossom under Emery.
Meanwhile, it looks like former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira is going to Nice to replace Lucien Favre, who is taking over at Borussia Dortmund. That’s the perfect platform for Vieira to one day get the Arsenal job.
‘A perfect combination’
Brighton defender Bruno played under Emery for two seasons at Spanish side Almeria and for another three years at Valencia.
He told BBC Sport Emery will introduce a “big change” of mentality at Arsenal.
“He is a really good manager”, the Spaniard said. “He is a really hard worker. He loves to analyse every single team – it is one of best strengths.
“Arsenal will be a big challenge but I think he is ready to take this challenge.”
Bruno also said Emery would be used to dealing with players with “big egos” from his time at PSG and added that the Spaniard’s style of play “fits perfectly with the philosophy of Arsenal”.
“When you see someone with that passion, not scared about working, plus his talent, it is a perfect combination to be successful,” Bruno said.
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