Unai Emery ‘excited’ with one Arsenal star’s potential

Ivan Gazidis has revealed that newly appointed Arsenal head coach Unai Emery is excited to have Ainsley Maitland-Niles in his team as the player can play a major part in Emery’s plans. The 20-year-old who has impressed both at full-back and in his preferred central midfield role became one of the shining lights of a disappointing season for the Gunners. The chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: "What was really impressive was when you scratched the surface to go deeper and deeper and deeper," "If we were speaking about one of our young players, if we targeted Ainsley Maitland-Niles for example, Unai knows Ainsley. "He’s watched him, he’s familiar with his patterns of play, his capabilities, he’s very excited about his potential and was able to talk about how excited he was to work with Ainsley, to develop him as a player.”

Unai Emery was sacked in dressing room by Spartak Moscow owner