Mikel Arteta has nothing but respect for Unai Emery.
Unai Emery has been named as the manager of Aston Villa around two weeks back succeeding Steven Gerrard in the role.
He returns to the Premier League three years after he was sacked by Arsenal with Mikel Arteta replacing Emery after his dismissal.
Mikel Arteta went on stating that Emery deserves respect for what he has done in football.
“Talking about Unai coming back to this league, what I feel about Unai is admiration,” said Arteta.
“If you look at his curriculum, what he’s done in the different countries he’s been, how he’s adapted, what he’s won, I think he deserves a lot of admiration and respect for what he’s done.”
“I think there are certain eras that you know are going to last forever and we’re always going to be the coach or the person that was trying to succeed and try to take a lot of the things he left and the legacy he left for this football club,” he said.
“Looking back, probably yeah it was helpful [not being the man directly after Wenger]. I don’t know. Hopefully yes, hopefully it was the right call.”
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