But Emery warned that if Arsenal know what is good for them they should stick with Arteta for the long term and not make him move again.
For all sorts of reasons, Arteta cannot afford to lose and yet Emery says every manager needs time as he admitted he still has affection for Arsenal despite his difficult 18 month spell in charge. “I always keep a piece of my heart for all the teams I have played with or managed. One of them is Arsenal but right now my heart is Villarreal yellow and I am 100 percent with them.
Emery is the Europa League specialist – winning the trophy in three consecutive seasons with Sevilla – and is a formidable hurdle for Arsenal to overcome to reach next month’s final.But what is harder to understand is why it did not work for an experienced European coach who had just been in charge of Paris Saint Germain. Emery’s struggle to speak good English, to get the players to adapt to his tactics and also following on from a managerial legend.