saturdaygig Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I still don't understand why managers don't have big release clauses like players. People poach great managers and pay £10m in compensation - I'd like to see him with £150m release, something like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 25 minutes ago, RichW said: Express and Star confirming it was an extra year option triggered rather than a new contract. Talks in the summer to extend the contract further too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Talldarkandransome said: You'd have to start at his feet, and upgrade through the season to his eyes. Free food and drinks on upgrading through each joint. Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 6 minutes ago, saturdaygig said: I still don't understand why managers don't have big release clauses like players. People poach great managers and pay £10m in compensation - I'd like to see him with £150m release, something like that. Assume the other team just has to buy out the contract or something, we don't own the registration like we do with a player which gets the transfer fee. So with that in mind a contract extension means a bit less as a manager than for a player. Still a nice sign though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 23 VT Supporter Share Posted April 23 47 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: I genuinely think that in the future there will be papers/ studies done on the job Unai has done/ is doing/ will do at Villa Sports tacticians, psychologists, physios and sports finance experts will all be looking at this as a gold standard model of approach going forward such is the turnaround and success I suspect he may bring us Nah, he's just lucky because the players didn't want to play for Gerrard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 It seems like nothing has actually changed. We had an option to take up the last year of his contract and we could have used it at anytime. We have chosen to use it now. I would say this move is all about media management. It demonstrates his commitment when there have been increasing numbers of stories about him being poached this summer and it creates some headlines countering the gossip. We don’t want those kind of unsettling stories for the rest of the run in so have tried to head them off. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom13 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 When was his contract up until originally? 26? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Follyfoot Posted April 23 VT Supporter Share Posted April 23 This is Unai's time This is Unai's house 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tubby Posted April 23 Popular Post Share Posted April 23 (edited) What we shouldn't fail to appreciate here, is that an elite manager is committed to our club and that the fan base is united in their support for him. As Villa fans, we have been desperate for something like this for as long as the Premier League has existed. Others will tell us that we are getting ahead of ourselves, that Unai has been forced out of more elite clubs in the past, and that he, or we, will reach an impasse at some point... Those commentators can suck my balls! I'm going to enjoy every moment of this mutual love-in and when it ends, my football club will be in a better place and I will smile upon the countless irreplaceable memories. UTV! 🩵 Edited April 23 by Tubby 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Build the statue, knock it down, build it bigger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mantis Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Trophies are obviously a mark of a manager's success (and Unai already has plenty of those) but an even bigger and rarer mark of success is when a club's entire identity begin to be shaped around that manager - think Ferguson at United and Wenger at Arsenal. Ideally I think that's what Unai would like to achieve here. We're putting the foundations in place for Aston Villa to effectively become Unai Emery FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) Mutually exercise the option now on the current contract to ward off all the media noise, sign a new contract properly in the summer seems to be what's happening. UTFV Edited April 23 by wishywashy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 minute ago, Mantis said: Trophies are obviously a mark of a manager's success (and Unai already has plenty of those) but an even bigger and rarer mark of success is when a club's entire identity begin to be shaped around that manager - think Ferguson at United and Wenger at Arsenal. Ideally I think that's what Unai would like to achieve here. We're putting the foundations in place for Aston Villa to effectively become Unai Emery FC. ugh. not another new badge! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 12 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: This is Unai's time This is Unai's house I’m rattled. mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) This has been done as confirmation in that Emery sees this job as a long - term project. You can see already what he has created, in his season and a half, at this club. This harmonious climate which you can see and feel every time Villa play, especially when we win, is all down to the trust shown by the owners in giving the manager full control of everything related to the team. I doubt he will ever feel more "On cloud nine" than he does here. I see similarities to Klopp's reign at Liverpool, in the sense that, he will know, and feel himself when it's the right time to go. Edited April 23 by sheepyvillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 11 minutes ago, Tubby said: What we shouldn't fail to appreciate here, is that an elite manager is committed to our club and that the fan base is united in their support for him. As Villa fans, we have been desperate for something like this for as long as the Premier League has existed. Others will tell us that we are getting ahead of ourselves, that Unai has been forced out of more elite clubs in the past, and that he, or we, will reach an impasse at some point... Those commentators can suck my balls! I'm going to enjoy every moment of this mutual love-in and when it ends, my football club will be in a better place and I will smile upon the countless irreplaceable memories. UTV! 🩵 Not so long ago I yearned for the security of being mid table and not watching the table for relegation outcomes in October. I’m with you, I’m going to enjoy the hell out of this ride for as long as it goes. No meat left on the bone, no marrow in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 For those of us who remember, they're a lot of similarities to Saunders reign. Certainly in the way he has shaped the team's identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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