Towards the end of his reign, and seemingly more than he was previously, appeared to be at pains to try to improve relations between fans, him and his team.But by then the disconnect was irreparable.
On his return to England with , alternatif indowinpoker Emery appears to have learned from that experience.
Forging that bond has been among his early priorities and the process is going as well as things on the pitch in the for Emery.
Unai Emery has forged a strong bond during the first league games in charge at Aston Villa
His social media posts regularly refer to the fans who are enthusiastically singing his name in response.
He has been able to quickly make himself far more popular with his new public thanks to an upturn in form.
When he was appointed, Villa were looking over their shoulder, flirting far too closely with the bottom three.
Seven league games later — including five wins — they are thinking of Europe.
Ashley Young said: ‘We’ve got to look as high as we can, as we want — European places.
Ashley Young said Aston Villa are looking towards Europe after five wins in their last seven
‘I’ve said from the time I came back to the club, a club the size of ours, I was here when we had European nights before and it’s fantastic.
‘The manager, his staff, all the players, the owners, what they see now is the club being back in Europe and that’s where we’ve got to be looking.
‘The manager is a winner.He’s brought in his presence, his aura. He’s won at different teams he’s managed and he’s bringing that winning mentality to everyone.’
Villa are now just a point outside the top half and the top six is only a win away after Ollie Watkins’ winner at St Mary’s.
Ollie Watkins got Aston Villa’s winner which halted Southampton’s mini-upturn of form
The defeat brought a halt to disappointing Southampton’s mini-upturn. They have no time to feel sorry for themselves with the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Newcastle up next tomorrow.
Defender Duje Caleta-Car said: ‘We now need to forget this and to turn around for Newcastle.