Vinai Venkatesham and Raul Sanllehi reveal the main reason to replace Wenger with Emery

The managing director Vinai Venkatesham and head of football Raul Sanllehi are the main men behind Arsenal day-to-day running. The pair’s biggest role in 2018 has been to bring in a new head coach to replace Arsene Wenger, who stepped down after 22 years in charge of the club. In an interview with the Mirror, the duo have explained how they replaced Wenger with Unai Emery, and why the new head coach is the right man to lead the Gunners forward. Venkatesham said: "His energy is absolutely extraordinary. "He said I think in his first press conference - which by the way I thought he very bravely did in English, which shows you the type of man he is - he said the one thing I am going to promise the fans is that I am going to work hard. "Obviously everyone thought that was just a throwaway comment but he is always on it. It is extraordinary. His work ethic is absolutely extraordinary. "When you are on that long flight home from eastern Europe after a Europa League game and everyone is trying to get a little bit of sleep, he is watching the game, analysing it. All times, all hours." Sanlehi backed his partner by saying: "I talked with a lot of people who had interacted with him in his time and it was very reassuring. It was not the decision maker but it was part of the decision making and it was very reassuring to have people of high trust, that I did know very well, speaking so highly of him."

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