By Max Winters For Mailonline
Published: 13:18 GMT, 18 January 2019 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 18 January 2019
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Jamie Carragher has jumped to the defence of Arsenal manager Unai Emery, insisting he inherited an 'imbalanced squad, inconsistent star and extravagant contracts' from Arsene Wenger.
Emery was handed the reigns in the summer and his tenure started well as the Gunners embarked on a 22-game unbeaten run.
The size of the task at hand for the Spaniard has become visible in recent weeks though with Arsenal losing touch of the top four and news that they can only make loan signings this month.
Jamie Carragher has jumped to the defence of Unai Emery and the challenges he is facing
Star man Mesut Ozil has also fallen out of favour under Emery and his £350,000-per-week wages have left a near-crippling burden on club finances.
In his column for The Telegraph, Carragher claimed Emery had walked into a 'shambles' and the job at hand is not the one he thought he was getting.
He wrote: 'When Unai Emery took over at Arsenal, we wondered what legacy he had been left.
