Having conducted a thorough recruitment process, the management of Arsenal Football Club is set to appoint Unai Emery as the successor to departed Frenchman, Arsene Wenger – their manager of almost 22 years.

The signs on Monday were that Emery, the former Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Sevilla manager, was set to be announced as the club’s coach as the club has spoken to him and a decision is expected to be confirmed later in the week.

In terms of his experience and cordial relationship with Ivan Gazidis, the Arsenal Chief Executive who has led the recruitment drive, the 46-year old Emery seems to be the favourite to land the job ahead Ariel Arteta, a former Arsenal player who is now a member of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff at Manchester City but has not yet managed a club.

Emery has been in the business since 2005, when he cut his teeth at Lorca Deportiva in his native Spain and gone on to take charge at Almería, Valencia, Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and, most recently, PSG – clubs of mounting profile – and he has impressed Gazidis, even though he is not fluent in English.

Emery is also said to be happy to work within the management structure that Gazidis has put in place at the Emirates Stadium – in which there are prominent recruitment roles for Raúl Sanllehí and Sven Mislintat.

Emery achieved eye-catching and impressive feats at Sevilla, where he won three consecutive Europa League titles as well as recently winning the Ligue 1 title with PSG in this past season, although his relative failure in the Champions League, in the shape of  losing to finalist, Real Madrid in the quarter finals cost him his job.

Gazidis is not a man synonymous with risk-taking. After careful consideration, analyzing each argument from every conceivable angle, he has come to see Emery as the outstanding selection.