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New Arsenal boss Unai Emery: First target? Be competitive again

New Arsenal boss Unai Emery wants to take the club back to the top of the game.

Emery was unveiled as the Gunners' new head coach today, two days after receiving a green light from the Arsenal board and 24 hours after meeting with majority shareholder Stan Kroenke and his son Josh.

“I believe in the players we have here," Emery said. “We can grow with these players and the objective is to work hard with these talented players, to work to be a candidate for all the titles in the future.

“Then it's very important for the club, after two years outside the Champions League, to work towards this, to arrive and be the best team in the Premier League and also the world."

Emery offered no guarantee that he would win silverware in his first season at Arsenal but identified success as bringing the Gunners back into title contention.

“Success would be developing, and that's about battling for every title," he said. “It's in Arsenal's history and it's in my history as well. We want to be among the best teams in Europe.

“I want the team to make the fans proud of the side. I know they are already but I want to make them even more so.

“All titles are important for us. We can, and want to be, candidates for them. I don't promise today we will win, but I can promise you we will work hard, will work together, will work with emotion, demanding to find all the objectives."

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