These indeed are awesome times in top level men's football in England,with the very best of coaches manning,not just big clubs but the not-so-big clubs. Please don't forget that there is a Rafael Benitez manning Everton- just a random instance.
Today is the D-Day as Antonio Conte is set to be officially announced. Newspaper reports reveal he has been promised a £150 million war-chest to turn Tottenham Hotspur around into veritable title challengers. Everyone knows Conte is the real deal.
Furthermore,another matter is developing in the city of Tyne and Wear in North East England, the home of Newcastle football club. The club has just been bought by a massively wealthy consortium, which includes the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). Few weeks later,in October 20th,as expected, the Coach Steve Bruce,was excused out of the club, thus they are in a hot search for a new coach. Several candidates have been linked to the enticing job, like Frank Lampard and Roberto Mantinez, Newcastle has narrowed down their search to Unai Emery at the moment,as they have even now opened talks with him.
The former Arsenal coach is currently coach of Villarreal who are playing in the Champions league and who won the Europa League last season( that's apart from Emery being a serial Europa League winner with Sevilla years back). It might seem difficult to pull him out of his current club who are on the ascendancy. However,there is a lot money can do and the new owners of Newcastle have more than enough to spend on Emery.
I conclude that Emery is a great choice for this novel Newcastle project,with his reputation rebuilt in Villarreal after a rather turbulent two seasons in Arsenal. He sure has the fire in his belly to drive this project and there's nothing like hiring a coach who definitely has something to prove in England.
If the ongoing discussion is a success,then it continues to amaze the quality of coaching in England at the moment.
Cheers
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