Unai Emery

41 articles tagged with "Unai Emery"

Sep 1, 2026

Villa sold Konsa for £51m and replaced him with a £30m centre-back from the Championship

Aston Villa confirmed Taylor Harwood-Bellis on deadline day, an initial £25m with £5m in add-ons. He scored seven goals from centre-back in the Champi...

Sep 1, 2026

Saka settled it on Arteta’s 250th league game, and Villa still have not had a shot on target

Bukayo Saka’s second-half goal at Villa Park gave the champions a 1-0 win and a second clean sheet from two games. Unai Emery’s Aston Villa have still...

Aug 29, 2026

Villa sold Watkins for £50m and broke their transfer record on his replacement the same night

Ollie Watkins is completing a move to Al Hilal, Nicolas Jackson has signed for a club-record £65m, and Aston Villa also have an agreement with PSG for...

Aug 25, 2026

Watkins has agreed terms with Al-Hilal, and Villa have a week to replace him

The Saudi window runs six weeks longer than the Premier League’s, which is the whole problem for Aston Villa as they hold out for £55m.

Aug 23, 2026

Brighton scored four in 31 minutes, and Villa lost Joao Gomes before half-time

Aston Villa conceded four times inside the opening half hour at the Amex and finished the first half a man down. Brighton won 4-0 on the first weekend...

Aug 19, 2026

Aston Villa sign a goalkeeper and a left-back in one day, and Emi Martinez’s future is still open

Zion Suzuki becomes the first Japanese goalkeeper in Premier League history, and Matteo Ruggeri replaces Lucas Digne. Villa spent 55 million euros on...

Aug 13, 2026

Madjo scores at 17 years and 212 days, and PSG still retain the Super Cup

Paris Saint-Germain beat Aston Villa 2-1 in Salzburg to keep the UEFA Super Cup, but the night belonged to a 17-year-old who a court cleared to play o...

Aug 12, 2026

PSG vs Aston Villa: Emery has lost three Super Cup finals, and Luis Enrique beat him in one

Unai Emery has reached four Super Cup finals and lost the first three, one of them to Luis Enrique. He gets another go in Salzburg, where both manager...

Aug 5, 2026

Chelsea have six strikers and want three, and Nicolas Jackson is the expensive one

Unai Emery gave him his debut at Villarreal and Aston Villa want him now. Chelsea’s asking price is the only thing in the way, and Tottenham’s reporte...

Jul 26, 2026

Emi Martinez wants Juventus, but Villa say no and his hand needs surgery

Spalletti has finally spoken about the goalkeeper he has chased all summer, and what he said was not encouraging. Aston Villa are not selling, and a f...

Jul 23, 2026

Aston Villa sign Garnacho on loan from Chelsea with an obligation to buy

Aston Villa have moved for Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho on loan with an obligation to buy, handing Unai Emery a direct attacker to rebuild around...

Jul 21, 2026

PSG trigger Digne’s release clause to take him back to Paris

The France left-back has passed a medical after PSG paid a clause worth a fraction of what Aston Villa once spent on him.

Jul 20, 2026

Aston Villa make World Cup breakout Manzambi their record signing

Aston Villa have signed Switzerland’s World Cup breakout Johan Manzambi from Freiburg for a club-record fee, seeing off Newcastle for the 20-year-old...

Jul 17, 2026

Aston Villa agree a deal to sign Joao Gomes from Wolves

Unai Emery has moved for Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes to patch up a Villa engine room that lost Youri Tielemans and Amadou Onana within weeks.

Jul 15, 2026

Aston Villa hijack Newcastle to agree a deal for Freiburg’s Johan Manzambi

Unai Emery’s side have swooped for the Switzerland midfielder, matching Newcastle’s agreed fee and winning the race with the promise of Champions Leag...

May 24, 2026

Watkins ends Pep Guardiola’s Etihad farewell with a brace as Villa lock fourth

Ollie Watkins struck twice either side of the hour to overturn Antoine Semenyo’s first-half opener at a record Etihad crowd. The 2-1 result spoiled Pe...

May 24, 2026

Pep Guardiola’s last home match at the Etihad lands on the same afternoon as Villa’s Champions League fourth-place defence

Manchester City host Aston Villa at 4pm on Sunday with Guardiola’s decade at the club ending in front of a stand newly named in his honour and Emery’s...

May 21, 2026

Tielemans, Buendía, Rogers: Aston Villa lift the Europa League with a 3-0 in Istanbul

Three goals between the 41st minute and the 58th sent Aston Villa to a 3-0 win over Freiburg in Istanbul and a first major trophy in 30 years.

May 20, 2026

Villa walk back into a European final 44 years on, with Freiburg never having been here at all

Aston Villa face Freiburg in Istanbul on Wednesday night for the Europa League and a Champions League place, with Unai Emery chasing a record fifth ti...

May 16, 2026

Watkins twice, Rogers and McGinn finish Liverpool 4-2 and seal Villa’s Champions League return

Aston Villa secured a 2026-27 Champions League place with a 4-2 win over Liverpool at Villa Park, as Ollie Watkins’s brace and goals from Morgan Roger...

May 15, 2026

Liverpool and Aston Villa meet at Villa Park with a single win each enough for Champions League

Both clubs sit on 59 points and need three more across two games to lock down a top-five finish, with England’s fifth Champions League spot on the lin...

May 11, 2026

Burnley hold Villa to 2-2 at Turf Moor and turn the Champions League cushion into a problem worth watching

Anthony, Barkley, Watkins and Flemming traded goals on a Sunday Villa would rather have wrapped up cleanly, with Istanbul nine days away and Bournemou...

May 8, 2026

Emery’s Europa machine meets Freiburg’s first European final at Beşiktaş Park

Aston Villa face Freiburg at Beşiktaş Park on 20 May in a Europa League final that pits Unai Emery’s record four titles against a Bundesliga side reac...

May 8, 2026

Watkins, Buendía and a McGinn double take Villa past Forest and into Istanbul

Aston Villa overturned a first-leg deficit with a 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest to book a Europa League final against Freiburg in Istanbul on May 20.