Unai Emery is on his way to signing a new contract with Aston Villa in what will be a 'big win' for the West Midlands club. It has been an interesting season from Villa, who had a difficult summer window, losing key players Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers.

Villa did spend in a bid to replace those players, but a perhaps predictably poor start to the season followed.

Villa have been strong in the Champions League, winning three of their four games so far, but they still have a lot of work to do to put that disappointing start in the Premier League behind them. Villa are currently in 10th place, five points off the top four, where they will want to be come May.

Off the pitch, there was the whole Jamie Carragher saga, which saw Villa threaten to sue the pundit over a joke he made about the club, a threat that was condemned by most, and Emery grabbed headlines after a rather animated post-match interview following Villa's collapse to draw against Manchester United over the weekend.

Regardless of this season, Emery has done sterling work with Villa, winning the Europa League and securing two fourth-place finishes and a sixth-place finish.

"My vision is to keep our consistency, and how we are improving, how we are building a lot of things positively – be strong, keeping consistency in our process." - Unai Emery

Emery is under terms until 2029 as things stand, but Villa know they have one of the best managers in the world, and recent links with Manchester United will have reminded Villa of the importance of tying down their current boss with improved terms.

That's exactly what they plan to do, with GIVEMESPORT's Ben Jacobs saying on the : "And some of the reason why I think Villa went public against Jamie Carragher, even though he didn't say anything defamatory, is because there's this feeling that everything from Villa's perspective is built towards a big six. It's built to stop clubs like Villa from really reaching the pinnacle and winning silverware and having dominance domestically and in Europe.

"And Emery's there to change all of that and say, even if you handcuff us a bit, I'm still going to succeed, and he thrives off that pressure,

That's why my expectation, speaking to sources, is that Emery will extend to Aston Villa, and that'll be a big win for the club.

Emery has recently been asked about his contract talks with Villa, responding only last week: "I had a good meeting with Nassef Sawiris, very good meeting, very positive."

He added: "He is very ambitious. He is also a hard worker. His commitment to the club is a huge commitment with everything. For me, it is easy to have meetings with him because we are on the same page."

Agreeing a new contract from that position certainly isn't much of a stretch, and it would be a huge boost for Villa to tie down a manager who has already succeeded at the club, and one that has already succeeded in Europe. The last thing the Midlands club want after going through something of a transition with their squad is to have to transition to a new manager.