Former Arsenal coach Unai Emery
have revealed to media that he didn't get enough time to transform the London
side club who were already on a "decline" when he was appointed as a
coach-- France Football magazine reported on Monday.
It
was revealed that Unai Emery had only coached Arsenal just 18 months at the
Emirates Stadium after a two-year stint with French giants Paris Saint-Germain
and a spell which included winning three straight Europa League titles with
Sevilla.
"Arsenal
had been on a downward slope for two years when I joined them," Emery told
France Football.
"We
stopped the rot and took the club to the Europa League final (where they lost
4-1 to Chelsea) and took fifth place in the Premier League," Emery said in
defence of his tenure that ended in November 2019 after a run of seven games in
all competitions without a win.
"That
season we had qualification for the Champions League in our own hands but it
all went wrong.
"We
lost our four captains (Laurent) Koscielny, (Petr) Cech, (Aaron) Ramsey and
(Nacho) Monreal and we really missed them.
"Some
of our top players didn't have the right attitude and were asking for more than
they were giving."
"I
needed more time to manage to transform this club, into the new Arsenal I had
been hoping to build," added Emery, currently without a club.
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Emery further revealed that he could have succeeded at PSG had VAR been in
place when his charges were Champions League last-16 victims to Barcelona.
"In
the home leg we did really well with top-level football (winning 4-0). But in
the return we were eliminated because VAR did not yet exist. We lost (6-1)
because of refereeing decisions and this was clear."
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