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Unai Emery Shares Chat With Ferguson Ahead Of UEL Final Against Man United
- Villarreal face Manchester United in the Europa League final and the two sides are keen to win their first trophy of the season, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.
Villarreal manager Unai Emery has revealed his discussion with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson regarding the Europa League.
The legendary manager wanted the Spaniard to challenge for the Champions League, but he was realistic about his situation.
EKO HOT BLOG gathers that no manager has won the Europa League more times than Unai Emery.
He lifted the trophy three times with Sevilla and he is looking to make it four with a win over Manchester United on Wednesday.
Unai Emery was talking to ESPN and revealed an interesting chat he had with Sir Alex Ferguson. Emery said:
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“Eight teams can win the Champions League, although there’s an exception every so often. The rest of us compete happily in the Europa League and it makes our fans happy to compete for a title, share those moments, that enthusiasm.
“Alex Ferguson, who was playing in the Champions League with Manchester United every year, said ‘but Unai, you’ll want to win the Champions League, right?’
And I said: ‘yes if I have the chance to. But if I can’t, I want to go into the Europa League and strengthen it.’
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