After Arsenal’s capitulation saw them throw away a two-goal lead against the side bottom of the table, Unai Emery’s Arsenal future came in to sharp focus, so should Arsenal trigger his break clause?

Unai Emery signed a three-year contract with Arsenal last summer but the club smartly inserted a two-year break clause meaning they could terminate the Spaniard’s deal a year early if they thought things weren’t working out.

Scoring fewer goals and conceding more, it certainly looks like Emery is struggling to make things better than what we saw under Wenger.

Matt Hughes, writing in a Times’ exclusive [£] back in June 2018, said, “Unai Emery’s contract at Arsenal contains a break clause that can be triggered after two seasons, enabling the club to dismiss him one year early.

“The Times has learnt that the club can invoke the clause without paying up the full value of his contract.”

While Arsenal were hoping that Emery could stay long-term and build yet another era at the club, they were realistic when they offered him a deal and that is a good thing. There was no David Moyes-style six-year deals handed out.

Thank goodness…

It would seem to me that, to fix this, Unai Emery needs to do something he has failed to do at all his clubs – change his ways.

If you’d like to know more about that, I heartily recommend this thread:

https://twitter.com/Cerebrone/status/1173320990392295424

https://twitter.com/Cerebrone/status/1173323202212372480

https://twitter.com/Cerebrone/status/1173325095378591745

https://twitter.com/Cerebrone/status/1173326037255634946

https://twitter.com/Cerebrone/status/1173327004063739904