Aston Villa coach Unai Emery, who arrived in October 2022, remodeled the Villans in a couple of months. Fourteenth within the Premier League when the Basque arrived, the Birmingham membership concluded the 2022-2023 monetary yr in seventh place earlier than impressing much more this season (4th and semi-final of the Europa Conference League).
On the membership’s web site, Unai Emery spoke of “a really special occasion” and expressed his pleasure about his staff’s future: “It has been our dream because the begin of the season to be at this place. Playing the Champions League is, after the Premier League, the perfect factor. I need to take pleasure in extra and subsequent yr a brand new problem begins for us. Rebuilding a staff and being sturdy to at all times go additional, that’s our objective.” At the tip of the Championship, Aston Villa travels to Crystal Palace (twelfth) this Sunday.