{"id":34738,"date":"2019-11-29T15:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=34738"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T15:43:32","slug":"allegri-bookies-favourite-to-replace-sacked-emery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/allegri-bookies-favourite-to-replace-sacked-emery\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegri bookies favourite to replace sacked Emery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has emerged as the bookmaker\u2019s favourite to fill the vacant Arsenal job.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following a run of seven games without a win, <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/arsnel-sack-manager-unai-emery\/\">The Gunners parted company with Unai Emery<\/a> placing his assistant manager Freddie Ljungberg in interim charge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36979\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36979\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Unai_Emery_-_Sevilla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Unai_Emery_-_Sevilla.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Unai_Emery_-_Sevilla-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Unai_Emery_-_Sevilla-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/12\/Unai_Emery_-_Sevilla-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Aleksandr Osipov (Wikipedia Commons) | Emery was sacked following Euro League defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Early reports suggested Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo was in the frame to takeover but Allegri is allegedly now in talks with the Arsenal board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-shut-down-after-gunfire\/\">London Bridge shut down &#8220;after gunfire&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-brothers-of-grime\/\">The Brothers of Grime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/greta-thunberg-whats-the-big-deal\/\">Greta Thunberg \u2013 the 16-year-old activist, now author of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-historically-accurate-is-the-crown\/\">How historically accurate is The Crown?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Italian has reportedly been living in London and has been learning English in preparation for a move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>In his time with Juventus, Allegri won five Serie A titles and guided the Italian giants to two Champions League finals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Out of the names mentioned, Allegri for me comes across as by far the best candidate.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; _ (@TheGoonerAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGoonerAFC\/status\/1200435953128620032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Emery is gone and to be fair, he should have never been hired in the first place. <\/p>\n<p>Nuno and Allegri need to stay away and any Arsenal fan who wants them, need to be tested immediately!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheRealNawaazHussain (@NawaazH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NawaazH\/status\/1200435416136126475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal haven\u2019t lifted a trophy since former boss Ars\u00e8ne Wenger won the FA Cup back in 2017. They last won the league during their unbeaten campaign back in 2003-04 season.<\/p>\n<p>Former midfielders Patrick Vieira, Mikel Arteta and Freddie Ljungberg, the latter who is currently in caretaker charge of the club, are all believed to be in the running.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34741\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34741\" class=\"wp-image-34741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/infoarsenal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/infoarsenal-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/infoarsenal-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/infoarsenal-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2019\/11\/infoarsenal-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image : Dan Taylor | Odds: Ladbrokes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino, who was recently sacked by London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, is currently on 12\/1 with Ladbrokes.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers, currently listed at 18\/1 by Betfair, commented on reports linking him to the job during a press conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brendan Rodgers: \u201cArsenal is a fantastic club. One of the greats in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the people at Arsenal have moved Unai on, I\u2019m sure they have an idea of who they want to bring in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Benge (@jamesbenge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbenge\/status\/1200411048681103362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the press conference ahead of the Foxes&#8217;s game against Everton this weekend, Rodgers said: &#8220;It\u2019s natural that there are links. If you are doing okay people want to take you away from something you enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leicester will be looking to continue to their unbeaten run in all competitions having already swept Arsenal aside in a two nil victory earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Ljungberg will be hoping to get off to a winning start on the road as Arsenal face Norwich on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Dan Taylor | Infographic: Dan Taylor | Featured Image: Singha94<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has emerged as the bookmaker\u2019s favourite to fill the vacant Arsenal job.\u00a0 Following a run of seven games without a win, The Gunners parted company with Unai Emery placing his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":34743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,116],"tags":[549,992,2507,4038,4039,4170,4560,4770,6558],"class_list":["post-34738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-arsenal","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-freddie-ljungberg","tag-mauricio-pochettino","tag-max-allegri","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-nuno-espirito-santo","tag-patrick-vieira","tag-unai-emery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}