London (AFP) – Unai Emery is fighting for his future at Arsenal while Everton boss Marco Silva and West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini are running out of time.
Emery is the bookies’ favourite to be the third Premier League manager to lose his job this season after the dismissals of Watford’s Javi Gracia and Mauricio Pochettino by Spurs.
His future looked even bleaker on Thursday with a 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.
Everton, according to reports, have held board-level discussions about Silva’s position while Pellegrini has gone two months without a win in any competition for his misfiring Hammers.
AFP Sport looks at the three managers fighting for their lives in the Premier League this weekend.
Emery stumbles
Unai Emery was supposed to be the man to take Arsenal back to the top of the English game after years of underachievement under Arsene Wenger.
But the former Paris Saint-German manager is teetering on the brink after five Premier League matches without a win — Arsenal are the only side in the top half of the table with a negative goal difference.
His future became even more uncertain on Thursday when they squandered a one-goal lead to lose to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League, a result greeted by deafening boos around a sparsely-attended Emirates Stadium.
Having not won in any competition in seven games, it’s Arsenal’s worst run since 1992.
Emery, 48, was publicly backed by Arsenal’s hierarchy during the international break as rivals Tottenham replaced Pochettino with Jose Mourinho.
“Now our moment is not good. We need to win, take confidence and I think we are better than we are showing. The players, the coaches and myself,” the Spaniard said after Thursday’s defeat.
“My work and my job is firstly analysing the match, how we are in the Europa League, how we are going to play on Sunday.”
One positive for Arsenal, who could move up to fifth place if results go their way this weekend, is that they have lost just once in their past 15 visits to Norwich in all competitions.
Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is favourite to replace Emery at the Emirates Stadium but this week refused to discuss any links with the club, saying it would be “disrespectful”.
Everton search for Silva lining
Marco Silva’s Everton are just two places above the relegation zone with seven defeats from their opening 13 Premier League fixtures — and they have a hideous run of matches coming up starting with a visit to Leicester on Sunday.
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