Unai Emery confirmed Ollie Watkins will become the latest player to join the Aston Villa exodus and says his impending exit left him in tears.

When Unai Emery talks to the media at Aston Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training ground, it offers an insight into his idiosyncrasies. Emery, the person, is reluctant to be seen, so there’s a tendency for every public-facing action to be football-centric.

Aston Villa did not trouble David Raya in the Arsenal goal as they suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats, but Unai Emery is upbeat.

Dan Bardell believes the time could be right for Zion Suzuki to make his Aston Villa debut against Arsenal, as Unai Emery weighs up another major selection decision in a summer of significant change at Villa Park.

The skeleton of the North Stand at Villa Park was an apt background to Unai Emery's grand rebuilding project at Aston Villa.

Unai Emery is having to build an Aston Villa 2.0 after a summer in which he has lost almost the entire spine of his Europa League-winning team. A narrow home defeat by the champions will not have been as alarming as the 4-0 loss at Brighton on the opening day.

Arsenal renew acquaintances with old pal Unai Emery when the Gunners visit Aston Villa at Villa Park on Monday in Week 2 of the Premier League season.

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