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Prince William praised the “absolute gentlemen” of Aston Villa of a manager Unai Emery that he revealed was a source of knowledge.
The future king took his place among the faithful of the villa at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday evening while the Midlands Club challenged his first quarter -final of the European Cup in more than four decades.
The return of villa to the European elite coincided with the appointment of the quadruple winner of the Europa Emery League, which resumed the reins of the club when they were in danger of being relegated to the championship.
Almost three years later and Villa is a remarkably different side and a club, a transformation that Prince William attributes to the Spanish brain. Before the shock of Villa against the Saint-Germain of Paris, Prince William praised Emery and revealed what he discovered after looking at the team in training.
“We are so lucky to have a manager of the quality of Unai,” he told TNT Sports. “He is an absolute gentleman,” says the club and takes care of the players, it is such a tactician, I try to get him nuggets but he is very composed.
“I looked at training once and he moved to players a central counter on the left and on the right, he is a man who cares about small details and that detects the players, he injects a real feeling of confidence.”
Prince William praised the “absolute gentlemen” of Aston Villa of a manager Unai Emery before his clash in the Champions League against PSG
Emery has transformed the fortune of the Midlands Club since his arrival in October 2022
Aston Villa is in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in more than 40 years
In addition to their exploits in the Champions League, Villa remains hunting to obtain a top five in the Premier League and they are also in the semi-final of the FA Cup.
Emery has a remarkable record in European links with direct elimination of his time with Valence, Spartak Moscow, Seville, PSG, Arsenal, Villarreal and Villa.
The 53 -year -old man challenged 49 links with the winners of the European competition and was put in mind in 40 of them, which gives him a success rate of 81.6%.
Villa is entering their confrontation against the French champions as an endeft, but they will take heart the formidable record of their manager and their improved form in the end of the season.
