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Towards the end of his Arsenal reign, and seemingly more than he was previously, Unai Emery 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 Aston Villa, 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 Premier League 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 —
