Unai Emery

[DB]

We're on holiday nearby (Bilbao) so went to take a look at Unai's pretty hometown Hondarribia and the Real Unión stadium today.
We thought the latter would be shut as it was late afternoon and their season doesn't start for 3 weeks, but they let us in and rang up Unai's brother Igor who's the club president and he insisted on coming down to the stadium (he lives nearby) to give us a tour, including their four Spanish Cups and pics of their grandad who kept goal for the last two, in the late 1920s. Top bloke, lovely staff + great little stadium, well worth a visit if you're in the area (Irun, near San Sebastian and the French border).
Igor's been over to VP a fair bit and said the team came and trained at Bodymoor last summer while our lot were touring the States. He'd been doing the paperwork today to bring over our U21 defender Thierry Katsukunya for Sept.
He said Unai is 'very very happy' at Villa, but always wants 'more more more'!  Couldn't resist picking up their Villa-inspired second shirt (home kit looks like Newcastle) and of their class black scarves with the Basque colours.

Superb, good to read a nice positive post

[djbone]

Ha, I missed a trick there - a fortnightly residency blasting bangers at bemused booing Spanish lower league football fans could've been mine

It was class MV.
Not sure some of their fans are as keen on their corporate overlords mind, given they got relegated to the Spanish fourth division last season.
The club (somewhat embarrassingly) tweeted /Insta'd a pic of our visit after and there's some choice comments from locals

Blimey Lee, that’s a cracking afternoon trip. I was in Bilbao and San Sebastien about 3 years ago and loved them both.

Did you offer to DJ for them?!

[DB]

That Dan Bardell chap has gone all Evening Mail on X, could Emery LEAVE?!!!

[Exeter 77]

That Dan Bardell chap has gone all Evening Mail on X, could Emery LEAVE?!!!

TalkSport indoctrination presumably.

[VILLA MOLE]

That Dan Bardell chap has gone all Evening Mail on X, could Emery LEAVE?!!!

TalkSport indoctrination presumably.

yes got his feet under the table at Talksport  hasnt he ?  But Unai could leave but so could every other manager

[aj2k77]

Could Emery DIE!!??

[Somniloquism]

That Dan Bardell chap has gone all Evening Mail on X, could Emery LEAVE?!!!

I haven't seen the Bardell scribblings, but if it was Meaning Evil-like, he would have been telling us why we are lucky to have Unai, why we don't deserve him and why he would be a perfect fit at 5 other english clubs instead.

[eamonn]

Dan was unnaturally downcast yesterday in his pod chat with the one precocious Jacob we have left now - Tanswell from The Athletic.

[Toronto Villa]

He’s been downcast most of the summer.

[VILLA MOLE]

Could Emery DIE!!??

No he has promised he will never die

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It was class MV.
Not sure some of their fans are as keen on their corporate overlords mind, given they got relegated to the Spanish fourth division last season.
The club (somewhat embarrassingly) tweeted /Insta'd a pic of our visit after and there's some choice comments from locals

Ha! They're a fiery lot the Basques though generally they're the friendliest bunch especially to Villa fans. Relegation is always a bitter pill. That special edition claret and blue shirt is a beaut.

Oh and happy birthday and enjoy the scoff!

[Brazilian Villain]

Could Emery DIE!!??

No he has promised he will never die

Doesn't matter if he does, he'll just rise from the dead a couple of days later (having extensively studied our next opponents in the meantime)

[Astnor]

Yes, but if that was going to happen would have been better if we could spot Judas early on and warn our Unai

[Louzie0]

This is incredibly bad taste.

Not seen anything else online, so if there is something hilarious about UE being ill out there, then where is it in here?
To an ‘unenlightened’ H&Ver, reading all this is disrespectful of Unai and sorry, total crap.

If this is supposed to be funny, think again.

[Olneythelonely]

It’s just a piss take about the Birmingham Mail type of clickbait headlines.

I thought it was fairly obvious from a post two posts above the offending one.