After conducting an overhaul in the club's operating model to coincide with Wenger's departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club's new head coach on 23 May 2018. He agreed to a two-year deal with the club. He would become the club's first ever 'head coach', while also their second ever manager from outside the United Kingdom. His first match was an 8–0 win in a friendly against Boreham Wood in Arsenal's pre-season, during which the Gunners lost only once in five matches. Emery's signings for the 2018–19 season included German goalkeeper Bernd Leno, Greek centre-back Sokratis, Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira and French teenager Mattéo Guendouzi.