Unai Emery will be Newcastle’s next manager, according to assures the English press, who announced this morning that the Spanish coach is the one chosen by the Newcastle managers to lead the club in its new millionaire project, in the absence of the official statement. As published by the Daily Mail or The Athletic, The objective is for Emery to sit on the magpies’ bench this weekend in the game against Brighton, so his signing is expected to be confirmed in the next 48 hours.
What’s more, Newcastle will be forced to pay compensation to Villarreal. There is talk of an amount that is around 6 million pounds (7 million euros) and that will go to the coffers of the current champion of the Europa League. In this way, Unai Emery goes from a team in European competition to the 19th place in the Premier League, in relegation places, but with a millionaire project that wants to take a level leap. As reported by English media, the final decision was made this weekend after several conversations via Zoom with Amanda Staveley, the executing hand of Newcastle’s new owners.
According to published information, Emery will sign a three-year contract. Other candidates such as Eddie Howe, Paulo Fonseca or Roberto Martínez were also taken into account, but the Villarreal coach has prevailed over all of them. Villarreal, the other major implicated in this matter, assures that they do not know anything about this supposed interest of Newcastle in their coach …