Aston Villa chief Monchi set to LEAVE club in major blow to Unai Emery

Monchi, Aston Villa's president of football operations, is poised to leave the club. The Spaniard is a key ally of the club's head coach, Unai Emery.

The former Sevilla and AS Roma chief moved to Villa Park two years ago and has a good track record while working alongside Emery, who enjoyed success at Sevilla while working in tandem with the 57-year-old.

Monchi has overseen five transfer windows at Villa, who have endured a challenging start to the 2025-26 campaign having failed to win any of their five Premier League fixtures to date.

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Scrutiny on the club's record in the transfer market has grown in recent months, though, with a number of players who were at the club before Monchi's arrival still key players under Emery, who has done a fine job since succeeding Steven Gerrard back in October 2022.

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