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Arsenal Manager Unai Emery Vows To Create 'New Future'

Unai Emery "paid tribute to the legacy" left by Arsène Wenger as he set out his vision for the "big challenge" after taking over as head coach at Arsenal, according to the London TELEGRAPH. Emery, 46, left Paris St. Germain at the end of the season, having won the domestic treble, and will replace Wenger at the Emirates Stadium following the end of the Frenchman's 22-year reign. Emery -- who emerged as the "shock" favorite earlier this week "after it had seemed former Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta was in line to land the job" -- is set to fit into a "new structure behind the scenes." Emery said, "We will create a new present and a new future for Arsenal. I want to say thank you, Arsène Wenger, for your legacy. For all the coaches in the world, he is a reference. We learned, I learned from him all the things in football." Emery, who won three successive Europa League titles with Sevilla before moving to PSG in '16, maintained he had his "own plans about how to take Arsenal forward." He said, "Our objective is to be among the best teams in Europe, to win titles and to be in the elite of European teams. I also want the team to make the fans proud. I know they are already and I want them to be even more so." Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis explained Emery was the "stand-out candidate on an eight-man shortlist for the Arsenal job." Gazidis: "We had some clear criteria we were looking for. We wanted progressive, entertaining football, personality to fit Arsenal values and a reputation for developing players and also, through cultural demands, demanding more from them" (TELEGRAPH, 5/23).

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