New Arsenal boss, Unai Emery, has given an insight into why he threw in the towel as manager at PSG, admitting he was not in control of his squad.
The highly respected Emery believes Neymar only left Barcelona for Paris last summer to assume such a role because Argentine football wizard , Lionel Messi, was in charge at the Nou Camp.
“I know when I’m the main person responsible, and when I’m not,” Emery said in a chat with France Football News. “It’s a process that a coach has to live with and internalise, and that he assimilates with time and experience. In every club, you have to know what your role is and what role you have vis-a-vis the rest of the group.
“I am of the opinion that PSG’s leader is Neymar. Or that he is currently becoming it. Neymar came to be the leader, to go through this process to someday become the best in the world. At Manchester City, Pep is in charge. At PSG, Neymar is boss.
Emery is faced with the ardous task of turning Arsenal to a competitive side in both the English Premier League and Europe but he needs to beef up the team tremendously in spite of the tiny transfer budget of £50m handed to him by Gunners owners.
