Unai Emery decides on quitting Aston Villa for Manchester United job
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16-second readAston Villa's Unai Emery has unsurprisingly been one of the names linked with the Manchester United job. The Spaniard has proven himself as one of the best pound-for-pound managers in the Premier League over the last few years. Now, with Michael Carrick's job under threat at Old Trafford, links to Emery were always going to pop up.
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Aston Villa's Unai Emery has unsurprisingly been one of the names linked with the Manchester United job. The Spaniard has proven himself as one of the best pound-for-pound managers in the Premier League over the last few years.
Now, with Michael Carrick's job under threat at Old Trafford, links to Emery were always going to pop up. The Englishman has failed to impress this season, achieving a win rate of just 14 per cent in the opening seven games of 2026-27.
And a points-per-game total of just one. Form that over a 38-game season could see United relegated. As Carrick's future continues to be up in the air, Emery's thoughts over a possible switch to Manchester are already being shared.
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