ARSENAL FC RELIEVE UNAI EMERY OF HIS DUTIES AS MANAGER

Arsenal sacked head coach Unai Emery on Friday following a disappointing start to his second season in charge of the club.

Emery lasted just 18 months in the job, paying the price for a winless run that spans seven games following Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in front of a sparse crowd at the Emirates Stadium.

Not since 1992 have the Gunners gone seven matches without a win, but Thursday’s home defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt means Emery has equalled that disastrous run – with no win since over a month ago.

The Europa League clash saw the Emirates bring in its smallest ever crowd, but even with a limited attendance a chorus of boos and shouts of ‘Emery Out’ were audible throughout the match.

Ljungberg, the former Arsenal forward, is promoted to the interim role having been working as part of Emery’s first-team coaching set-up. He joined the senior coaching staff earlier this year, after spending a year as head coach of the club’s Under-23 side.

Arsenal’s struggles this season come following a busy summer which had fans excited for a prosperous season, with Emery smashing the club’s transfer record to buy Nicolas Pepe from Lille.

However, the Ivory Coast forward has struggled in north London, and his fellow summer signings David Luiz and Dani Ceballos have hardly fared much better.

Kieran Tierney, brought in from Celtic, has hardly even played since joining the Gunners due to injury and fitness issues.

Emery, who famously won three successive Europa Leagues while in charge of Sevilla, joined Arsenal after a two-year spell with Paris Saint-Germain, during which time he claimed seven trophies.

He leaves north London having claimed victory in more than half of his 78 matches in charge, ending his Arsenal career with a 55.1 per cent win ratio.