Spanish news outlet MARCA said that Emery signed a two-year deal with PSG and the only thing holding the deal to happen faster was legal issues with Sevilla, due to him leaving a season earlier.
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The 44 year-old – who was announced on a two-year deal on Tuesday – has led the Andalusian side to three successive triumphs in Europe’s secondary competition, beating Benfica in the 2013-2014 final, Dnipro a year later and Liverpool last month.
“It is with great pride that I agreed to become the Paris St Germain coach”, Emery said in a statement.
‘This club has become one of the most powerful in Europe over the last few seasons’.
” I know that an huge fervour exists around the Paris Saint-Germain and I will be giving my best to ensure its millions of fans have a great deal to cheer about”.
European success was the one thing that eluded Blanc during his time in the French capital, with three successive Ligue 1 titles among a haul of 11 trophies in total before leaving the role by mutual agreement on Monday. Unai will bring to PSG all his experience, his passion and his strong management skills and human qualities.
Emery was succeeded by former Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium after it became apparent he would take the reins at PSG. I am convinced that our fans will love the spectacular style of football our team will play with Unai’.
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He has never won a league championship, finishing third in three consecutive seasons at Valencia between 2009-2010 and 2011-2012. But it was his failure to make substantial progress in the Champions League that proved his undoing.
