TOsign that Unai emery He is one of the best technicians in Europe. He is not new. Not original. It is. He has shown it with sports titles and achievements available to very few. Almost everything is known about the Basque coach. Details, ways of working, preferences, styles … but there is always some secret gift to be solved.
One of the most ‘hidden’ is the ability of the current Villarreal coach to get the most out of the forwards he trains. He squeezes them and they respond. It’s incredible, but most of the battering rams he’s worked with have their time with Emery set on fire. Because? because it made them sign their best scoring season.
Go to the team you want to have passed through the hands of the Basque and you will have the answer. Let’s start at Valencia. With Unai, Villa managed to score 31 goals in 2008/09 (your best brand) and Soldier on the 2011/12 26 (his second best). When he made the jump to Sevilla he continued with the magic touch for his forwards.
On 12/13 Negredo scored 31 goals (your best record), Bacca on 15/16 left at 28 (only surpassed by a campaign in Colombia). To top it off Gameiro, in 15/16 also achieved his best mark. 28 goals that season. But Emery’s party with his forwards made the international leap without too much trouble.
In Paris (PSG), he sent Cavani at 49 goals in the 16/17 campaign and in London they enjoyed the best Aubameyang Arsenal 31 dress (he scored a few more goals at Dortmund) and the best Lacazette (19) with better seasons also at Lyon, but signing his best season in the British capital.
On his return to the League, Emery has done it again. In his first season at Villarreal he exploded Gerard Moreno leaving until 30 goals and becoming the MVP of the Europa League. This year Gerard, Pino, Danjuma or the same Dia will try to continue the streak of a coach who knows how to make his forwards score. Without a doubt a gift that not everyone masters.
