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Arsenal fans rejoice on Twitter as Emery is sacked as manager

  /  autty

Arsenal have sacked Unai Emery as their manager, and it has been a popular decision among fans of the club on social media.

The Spaniard was in charge for 18 months, but has overseen Arsenal's worst run of form in 27 years in recent weeks.

The final straw was a 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday. Arsenal chiefs met on Friday morning and decided to get rid of Emery.

As news broke of his sacking, fans took to social media to voice their pleasure.

'Get in, after so many months of endurance, finally,' wrote one excited Arsenal supporter, while another posted a video of some of Arsenal's best moments in celebration.

Arsenal haven't won in the Premier League since early October, and they currently lie in eighth place in the league.

Another social media user joked about the particular day it happened: 'Typical Arsenal, sacking him on Black Friday so they get 70% off his payout.'

Assistant coach Freddie Ljungberg is lined up as Emery's replacement, and one Twitter user edited a famous image from The Shining, with Ljungberg as Jack Nicholson's character breaking through the door.

Some have eyed Mauricio Pochettino as a potential replacement after his departure from Tottenham Hotspur, and someone else replied to the announcement with a simple gif of the Spaniard giving a cheeky raise of his eyebrows.

The jokes and memes starting coming in thick and fast. One posted a video of Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker walking along the road with the caption 'live scenes of Emery leaving his office.'

Someone else posted a picture of former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger pointing and sneezing, although it looks suspiciously like a celebratory dab.

Meanwhile, Piers Morgan, who has long been calling for Emery to be given his marching orders, tweeted out who his ideal replacements would be, praying for either Carlo Ancelotti, Max Allegri, or Mauricio Pochettino.

Ancelotti is currently manager of Napoli, while Allegri was most recently in charge of Juventus.

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