Unai Emery TURNS DOWN Newcastle after being No 1 target to replace Steve Bruce

Newcastle United's owners were left reeling after Unai Emery pulled out of a move to become their new manager, with Eddie Howe now back in the frame. Unai Emery has revealed that he turned down the chance to become Newcastle's manager Emery put questions around his future to bed with a statement saying he is staying at Villarreal Eddie Howe is in the frame for the job but there are reservations on Paulo Fonseca It means Amanda Staveley, her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi and the club's Saudi-led consortium will return to the drawing board in their search for Steve Bruce's replacement, two weeks on from his sacking. Amanda Staveley and the club's Saudi-led consortium are stepping up their search Emery remained coy on interest from Newcastle after Villarreal's 2-0 win against Young Boys Sources in Spain say Emery had his 'head turned' by the 'money and ambition' at Newcastle, but that he then felt the 'warmth' of Villarreal's hierarchy and their supporters amid talk of his exit. The Magpies have been without a manager since Steve Bruce was sacked on October 20 Emery said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon: 'No matter how much noise there was in another country, within the club there was transparency and loyalty with the Roig family and with my squad, which is the most important thing.