Soccer Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Aston Villa - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - May 19, 2024 Aston Villa manager Unai Emery Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo
(Reuters) - Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has signed a new five-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2029, the Premier League side said on Monday, a month after the Spaniard signed a three-year contract with the club.
Emery, who joined in 2022, led Villa to their first top-four Premier League finish since 1995-96, earning them a place in Europe's top competition for the first time since 1981-82, while also reaching the Europa Conference League semi-finals.
"We are building something special here at Aston Villa with Unai at its core," chairman Nassef Sawiris said in a statement.
"I am very happy to take this step and the responsibility of leading this club," Emery said.
"There's a great chemistry in Aston Villa... we are really excited to continue this journey with no limits to our dreams," he added.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
