Conan Doherty

I saw a tweet from yours about 30 minutes after full-time, Nassif Sawiris comes up to you, the co-owner of Aston Villa, and he says, you have to write another chapter of that book.

Yeah, it's amazing you say that because the scenes before Wednesday night of all the fans on the streets of Istanbul with ex-players, with Stan Collymore, Lee Hendry...

I saw Jimmo Aloba, a current player on shoulders of fans.

And this guy scored a goal in the Europa League.

One of the most important goals, the goal that secured Aston Villa having a home leg throughout, or a home second leg throughout the whole competition in the knockout phases.

But they all seem to come together.

And the same players that you're watching now sharing this trophy around, they're the same guys who were, they were eight points behind with four games to go in the Premier League seven years ago.

And so many of them are still there.

I saw a picture of you as well with the manager and with the sporting directors.

Did Unai enjoy himself last night?

Did he let himself go and just really embrace it?

And that actually brings me on nicely.

In the early chapters of your book, your brilliant book, I might add, you outlined a meeting, the first meeting that Emery had with the players.

And he said, I'm not here to waste time.

And it's something that Esri Konza said in his open letter to the fans.

He referenced that Unai Emery said that in the first meeting as well.

I'm not here to waste time.

And three and a half years later, I think it's safe to say, like two Champions League qualifications, European football every time, and now a trophy, first time in 30 years, a European trophy to boot.

He's not wasting any time.

And the funny thing is, Europa League is only on Villa's radar specifically because of Unai Emery.