Aston Villa Ready to Join Unai Emery's Shopping List at the January Transfer Market

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JAKARTA - To support the team's maximum performance under the new coach, Aston Villa's management is ready to serve Unai Emery's needs to buy new players in the January transfer market.

Emery was officially appointed as the Villas' new tactician last week, replacing the sacked Steven Gerrard. However, despite having been selected early last week, Emery will only start his duties on Tuesday.

The appointment of Emery by Villa reflects his success in delivering Villarreal to the semifinals of the Champions League last season.

Quoted from the Daily Star, Monday, Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens (NSWE) as owners of Aston Villa want to see their team return to the European competition. They saw Emery as the right person for the task.

Looking at the targets set, Emery seems to be going through a long job. Because at this time he only inherited a squad that had been assembled expensively but still performed poorly.

To deal with Villa, Emery has priority on improving the quality of players. Moreover, Emery will certainly also demand high accuracy, therefore, management will provide flexibility for Emery to mix the team according to his style.

If you look at Emery's performance at Arsenal in the past, the majority of his chosen players are players who are not yet fully finished. For the budget, Emery spent around £200 million to help the Gunners reshape their team following the departure of Arsene Wenger in 2018.

The situation was felt by Aston Villa as a step that is still acceptable. If you look at the 2019 budget since getting promoted back to the top flight, NSWE has spent more than £400 million (IDR 7.2 trillion) on Villa for transfer fees alone.

While in the summer and January transfer window last season, the owner has spent 116 million pounds (IDR 2 billion). However, Villa's performance did not accelerate because it only ended in 14th place.