At London's "Arsenal" club - long-awaited changes: on Friday, Unai Emery was officially relieved of his duties as head coach.
The patience cup of the North London club leaders overflowed with yesterday's failure in the UEFA Europa League. The "Gunners" lost 1-2 to Frankfurt's "Eintracht" team in their field and remained without a win for the seventh consecutive game.
The 48-year-old strategist said after the match that he did not think about being fired, but the opposite was in the minds of the "Arsenal" leadership.
In the official club statement, U. Emery and his entire coaching staff were thanked by the club owner Josh Kroenke for their work. It added that this decision was made due to the results of recent weeks.
Freddie Ljungberg will take over as interim head coach. He will lead the team in the upcoming match against "Norwich".
It remains unclear when "Arsenal" will find a new head coach. Candidates mentioned include Mikel Arteta, Massimiliano Allegri, and Rafael Benitez.
U. Emery had been in charge of the "Gunners" since the summer of 2018. With him, the team had reached the final of the UEFA Europa League, but were defeated by London's "Chelsea" team there.
