UNAI EMERY has been given just a month to save his job with Arsenal chiefs fearing he’s “drained the DNA” from the club.
SunSport revealed the under-fire Spaniard has until the New Year to turn things around at the Gunners ahead of a favourable run of Premier League fixtures against Southampton, Norwich, and Brighton.
Unai Emery is under mounting pressure to turn things around at ArsenalCredit: Getty – Contributor
The official line from the Emirates is that Emery still has the “100 percent support” of head of football Raul Sanllehi and technical director Edu.
But Arsenal are without a domestic victory since the first week in October and have slipped down to sixth in the table, meaning their hopes of Champions League qualification are decreasing by the week.
According to the Mirror, some staff fear that Emery faces an impossible task to revive a club that has destroyed Arsene Wenger’s legacy through a series of disastrous high-level appointments.
One source told the outlet: “The DNA that made Arsenal the club it was has slowly but surely drained away.
“Appointments have been made – both before and after Wenger’s departure – that either didn’t work out or aren’t working out.
“Long-serving members of staff have been shocked by what’s happening to the club.”
The DNA that made Arsenal the club it was has slowly but surely drained away. Long-serving members of staff have been shocked by what’s happening to the club
Emery has found himself struggling to stabilise Arsenal on the pitch, with former midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan slamming his tactics.
And as well as his footballing principles, most of Wenger’s most trusted people at the club have now left.
Former Gunners midfielder Steve Morrow, who was Arsenal’s head of youth recruitment, has become the highest-profile casualty of a clear-out in a major shake-up to the academy.
The insider added to the Mirror: “To say it was a shock to see so many good people leave so suddenly is an understatement.
“Steve Morrow, in particular, is a huge loss. He is someone who is respected throughout football and is seen as having the potential to be a director of football.”
Arsenal had been rumoured to have contacted Luis Enrique to replace under-fire Emery but he reportedly has no interest in returning to football.
ESPN report that the former Barcelona and Spain manager would not consider a comeback into the dug-out currently.
He has been out of work since leaving his role as national boss for personal reasons in June.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
