Exclusive: Unai Emery was not on Arsenal's original manager shortlist Unai Emery did not feature on Arsenal’s original shortlist of potential successors to Arsene Wenger before eventually landing the job ahead of Mikel Arteta.
The Gunners are set to unveil Emery as the club’s new manager on a contract worth around £6million-a-year and will allow him to bring up to four members of his own backroom staff with him.
But Telegraph Sport understands first contact between the two parties was only made 10 days ago – after most of the interviews had already taken place. The likes of Arteta, Patrick Vieira and Max Allegri were all first sounded out over the Arsenal post over a fortnight ago after Arsenal had drawn up their original shortlist.
Emery was only put on to the club’s radar by an agent once a number of candidates were waiting to hear back about their own interviews or had pulled out of the race themselves. Allegri decided against leaving Juventus for Arsenal, while Julian Nagelsmann preferred to stay at Hoffenheim for another year. Vieira has been left annoyed over the lack of contact since he spoke to the Gunners about a return.
That left Arteta in pole position, but Emery managed to push his way into the frame late on and the club decided to go for what they view as a safer pair of hands following an 11th-hour U-turn. Arsenal insist the club ran through a thorough process with prime candidates and ended up with one preferred person in Emery, who is said to have produced an impressive presentation in his interview.
Emery has agreed to work within the new Arsenal structure, which means he will not have the final say on transfers, and has accepted the club will operate on a limited £50m budget.
One of his backroom staff is expected to be Juan Carlos Carcedo, who has followed Emery throughout his managerial career and has a fiery reputation.
Carcedo was given a two-match touchline suspension in January, while working as assistant to Emery at Paris Saint-Germain, after being sent to the stands in a game against Nantes. He was also sent from the touchline while the pair were at Sevilla and served a ban.
French sources have claimed that Carcedo was disliked by a number of PSG players and accused him of ‘lacking warmth’, which may be a shock to the Arsenal squad.
The anticipated arrival of Carcedo with Emery places doubt over the position of Steve Bould, who had been waiting to see who the new manager was before making a decision on his own future.
Bould has been told that, along with Jens Lehmann, a role will be found for him, but it remains to be seen if he is prepared to effectively accept a demotion.
With Emery not fluent in English, Arsenal will need at least one English speaker to work closely with the club’s new manager as he settles in and learns the language. Other than an assistant, Emery is set to bring a new goalkeeping coach and analysts with him to the Emirates.
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