As he gets ready to switch up his starting lineup for Aston Villa’s match against Legia Warsaw on Thursday, Unai Emery maintains that the Premier League is still the team’s top priority.
Villa will be officially declared the winners of Group E if they defeat the Polish team by a minimum of two goals. That would entail bypassing the round of 32, which would need two more matches, and receiving a bye to the round of 16.
Emery is still focused on the league, though, since many Villa supporters think their team has a good chance of making it to the Champions League the next year.
Fourth-placed Villa won’t take any chances at home, especially with five spots up for grabs for English clubs in the 2024–25 league.
The Premier League is the competition that matters most to us, Emery stated.
Aston Villa’s excellent start to the season has reduced their deficit to leaders Arsenal to just two points.
The Premier League, according to manager Unai Emery, is still Aston Villa’s top priority this year.
Although it has been extremely difficult for us to get into the European spots this season, we have done so. We need to approach every game with a tough mentality.
Emery changed the first team at Villa when he entered a little over a year ago. As soon as he got there, he guided Villa out of relegation danger, and they finished seventh to guarantee European football.
Villa’s stellar start to the season has left them just two points behind leaders Arsenal, which happens to be Emery’s old team. Villa takes on Arsenal on December 9.
They play Manchester City at Villa Park three days early.
“I think we have a really good challenge here,” Emery continued, adding that he hoped to stay for a long time. It was my.