‘The owner’: Robert Pires thinks Stan Kroenke has made a mistake at Arsenal

Thu 7 April 2022 19:15, UK

Arsenal legend Robert Pires believes Gunners owner Stan Kroenke made a�🍸� mistake in not giving Unai Emery more time.

The Highbury icon was spea🦋king on behalf of after Emery’s Villarreal beat🌜 Bayern Munich in midweek.

Arsenal appointed Emery as Arsene Wenger’s successor in🗹 May 2018.

The Spaniard led the Gunners to the Europa League final,𓆉 where they lost 4-1 to Chelsea.

Ho♊wever, Arsenal then sacked Emery in November 2019 after the club’s worst run of results since 1🍌992.

The Gunners appointed Mikel A🐼rteta the following month, while Emery joined Villarreal the following summer.

“I thought he did a good job at the time”

Emery ha💛s rebuilt his reputation in Spain with Villarreal, beating Arsenal en route to the Europa League trophy in 2021.

And this week, the Yellow Submarine stunned Bayern in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesda💃y.

In w🍬ake of their famous victory, Pires suggested Kroenke made a rash decision in sacking Emery so soon.

“It’s im✱possible to compare Emery and Arse💯ne Wenger in their times at Arsenal.

“But the owner coul♔d have given him more time. It was difficult f𝄹or him, especially with the language.

“I thought he did a good job at the time.

“Unfortuna🥂tely for him and Arsenal they lost the 2019 Europa League final to ꦰChelsea in Baku.

“The pressure on the manager is hard.”

ඣPires then pointed to Messi’s struggles in Ligue 1 as an example of why people should be given time to adapt.

The Argen🍌tina tဣalisman has struggled somewhat since joining PSG from Barcelona.

Messi🎀 has managed just three goals i🐼n 19 league games.

And some PSG fans jeered last month after Real Madrid knocked the▨m out of the🥃 Champions League.

“Managers and players nee🌺d time,” continued Pires.

“When you change country, you change everything.

“I understand football, it’s international, but it’s not the same, countr🔴y to country.

“Every country has a specific way of playingꩲ its football.

“That’s why sometimes for♍ a manager or a player, the time to adapt can be longer.

“Can you imagine we talk abou🌄t Lionel Messi, one of the best pl♛ayers in the world.

“And look what’s hap♔pened with his move to PSG in Fra𝔍nce.

“I repeat, it takes time to⛦ adapt. Even for Mess🌃i it has been difficult because Ligue 1 is more physical than La Liga.”