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OFFICIAL PREVIEW: UNAI EMERY ANALYZES ASTON VILLA’S TACTICAL EVOLUTION BEFORE THE UNITED SHOWDOWN
Aston Villa seeks revenge 210 days after a controversial loss to Man Utd cost them Champions League glory. Title Dreams are real!
Aston Villa is out for payback against Manchester United this weekend. Unai Emery's team wants to stay close to Arsenal and Manchester City in the chase for the title.
It's been 210 days since that controversial loss at United on the last day of the 2024/25 season. That defeat cost Villa a spot in the Champions League. Now, they're facing Man U again, but this time there's more than just a place in Europe at stake.
Villa is close to City and Arsenal in the title race. Getting things right against United is a chance to make their title dreams more real.
Yes, of course, Emery told Sky Sports when asked if last season's ending adds extra fire to Sunday's game at Villa Park.
Manchester United is very tough. We're really up for keeping our form against them. Since I got here three years ago, we've been going head-to-head, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, but always close.
Right now, we're even ahead of them, with a bit of an advantage. But Sunday is huge for us and those three points. This is a great chance, and we're pumped.
'Need to be realistic to believe we can win the title'
Emery hasn't wanted to talk about the title much, always saying the focus is on the next game.
Right now, Opta puts their chances of winning the league for the first time since 1981 at only 5.8%. But just the fact that people are talking about it shows how far they've come since Emery arrived back in October 2022.
Back then, it looked more likely they'd fall back into the Championship than win anything.
A tough Christmas is coming up—Chelsea and Arsenal away after United. But when Emery was asked about the title race, he just smiled and didn't say much.
Of course, I'd like us to be seen as title favourites, but we're not, Emery said.
We're playing really well, we're competing hard, and we're third right now. That's where we are.
But to think we're favourites, to really believe we can win the league, we need to stay consistent, keep pushing ourselves, and stay grounded.
They've won 10 of their last 11 Premier League games, but can they keep it up?
Emery is choosing to focus on getting better, using their recent wins as something to build on.
We're working every day to find ways to win. First, we need to be strong on defence, he said.
Second, we need to improve our attack as a team, be smart with our tactics, and make each player feel good playing to their strengths in their best position.
And then, we need to score in different ways. Set pieces are really important, and we're working on them a lot. My priority is how we can improve every day and in every game.
Even when we win, there's still a lot to improve.
Emery hints at January signings.
Villa isn't just looking at the Premier League. Last season, Emery got them to the Champions League quarter-finals and an FA Cup semi-final, and they fought for a top-five spot until the very end.
Villa is in a good spot to do the same this season.
They're currently level on points with Lyon and Midtjylland in the Europa League. Part of the reason they did so well in the second half of last season was because of the smart addition of Marcus Rashford, Marco Asensio, Axel Disasi, and Donyell Malen in January.
Villa didn't have much money to spend in the summer, but Emery hasn't ruled out bringing in new players. "Of course, we're open to it, and the club is working on it," he said.
Last year was great. The way Malen, Rashford, Asensio, and Disasi came in helped us a lot.
This year, we have to be ready and think about how we can improve the team and do it if we need to.
Emery isn't talking about titles or transfers, but the mood at Bodymoor Heath is that the club is feeling a new sense of what's possible.
They are calm, focused, and quietly ambitious. This Villa team is enjoying the ride, step by step, with a growing feeling that something special could happen at the end of the season.
BRUNO SALTOR OFFICIALLY JOINS TOTTENHAM AS ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE NORTH LONDON DERBY
Tottenham appoints Bruno Saltor! Discover the new coaching team under Igor Tudor and the departures following Thomas Frank's exit.
Tottenham Hotspur just shook up their coaching staff, bringing in Bruno Saltor, a guy who’s worked with Chelsea and West Ham in the past.
Saltor’s stepping in alongside interim boss Igor Tudor until the season wraps up. Spurs let go of Thomas Frank earlier this month, and, like Manchester United, they’ve decided to go with a temporary setup for now and figure out the bigger picture in the summer.
Tudor, who’s managed clubs like Marseille, Lazio, and Juventus, is set to take charge for the first time this weekend in the North London derby against Arsenal. Saltor will be in the dugout for his first Spurs match, too.
If you’ve followed Saltor’s career, you might know he’s often worked with Graham Potter. That’s how he ended up at both Chelsea and West Ham. When Potter left Chelsea in 2023, Saltor took over as interim head coach. His one match in charge ended in a 0-0 draw with Liverpool. Frank Lampard replaced him soon after, and Saltor stayed on as part of the coaching staff until Mauricio Pochettino arrived, at which point he moved on. He later reunited with Potter at West Ham but left when Potter did in September.
Tottenham’s official statement confirmed the news: “Following the arrival of Igor Tudor as Head Coach until the end of the season, we can now confirm the appointment of three additional coaches to our Men’s First Team coaching staff. We welcome Bruno Saltor as Igor's assistant coach." Born in El Masnou, Spain, Saltor started his playing career in his home country before joining Brighton in 2012. He made 235 appearances there over seven years, then moved into coaching with the Seagulls after retiring in 2019. Since then, he’s picked up experience at Chelsea and West Ham.
Along with Saltor’s appointment, Spurs also announced some departures. Justin Cochrane, John Heitinga, and Chris Haslam are all leaving the coaching staff after Frank’s exit. The club thanked them for their efforts and wished them well.
GLASNER OUT? CRYSTAL PALACE CONSIDERING IMMEDIATE EXIT FOR BOSS AFTER DISMAL EUROPEAN DRAW
Oliver Glasner’s exit is imminent! Discover why Robbie Keane has emerged as the favorite to lead Crystal Palace out of crisis.
Oliver Glasner was supposed to stick around at Crystal Palace until the end of the season. That was the plan, anyway. But after another rough run of results, his exit could come a lot sooner.
Thursday night in Bosnia should’ve been nothing special, just a routine first leg against a team Palace should handle easily, with the real test back at Selhurst Park next week. Instead, a 1-1 draw against Zrinjski Mostar turned into another mess in a season that’s gotten uglier by the week for Glasner and Palace.
The travelling fans didn’t hide how they felt.
Palace have only managed one win in their last 15 games. That’s not a blip; it’s a full-on collapse, and it looks like Glasner’s time might be up even faster than everyone thought.
People at the top of the club have started openly asking if letting Glasner finish out his contract is actually hurting more than helping. He said back in January that he’d leave when his deal was up in the summer, but with results falling off a cliff and morale at rock bottom, those discussions have picked up speed.
Word is, Palace have already started looking for Glasner’s replacement, planning for a summer hire. But now, it looks like they might bring in his successor right away.
One name has shot straight to the top of the list: Robbie Keane.
TalkSPORT’s Alex Crook says Palace are considering Keane as a short-term fix if Glasner goes before the season ends. Keane’s reputation has soared lately. He won the Israeli Premier League with Maccabi Tel Aviv, then took the Hungarian league title in his first season at Ferencváros.
His win rate at Maccabi was over 73 per cent. He’s also done time as an assistant coach at Leeds and Middlesbrough. People who’ve played for him, like Ireland’s Callum O’Dowda, rave about him. O’Dowda said, “As soon as he opens his mouth, you want to listen. It’s phenomenal, really. On the coaching side,e he has been good.”
For now, Keane is still in charge at Ferencvaros, who are still in the Europa League, so prying him away won’t be simple.
Palace sit 13th in the Premier League, eight points clear of the relegation zone, but that gap feels less safe with every week they fail to win.
Tottenham even considered Keane as an interim manager before they went with Igor Tudor.
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