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Sevilla's Unai Emery won't comment on possible interest from Real Madrid

Sevilla coach Unai Emery would not be drawn on his future ahead of his team's Europa League final with Dnipro.

While Rafael Benitez looks certain to take the Real Madrid job, Emery, who won the same competition last year with Sevilla, was another name linked with the vacancy created by Carlo Ancelotti's sacking on Monday.

"I've been asked that question before," said Emery in Warsaw. "It's very clear in my mind. My heart is 100 percent Sevilla at the moment and I cannot think beyond that by winning that match tomorrow."

Emery has also been linked with imminent vacancies at West Ham and AC Milan.

"I feel very grateful," he said of his relationship with his current club. "That is thanks to Sevilla and thanks to this football club. Myself and my players try to work hard so we can be acknowledged."

Should Sevilla or Dnipro win on Wednesday, they will qualify for the group stage of next season's Champions League.

"It's an added motivation to improve on the Europa League," said Emery. "We see it has grown and this is an excellent opportunity. The Europa League is where players are very happy but the Champions League is the next step."

Sevilla, having won the competition in 2006 and 2007, can become the first team ever to win the Europa League, or the UEFA Cup, four times, taking them above Liverpool, Inter Milan and Juventus.

"Nobody else has that," said winger Juan Antonio Reyes. "It's a goal that's beautiful to all of us. We are hopeful. Maybe we will be lucky. we will make our supporters happy and we will be writing history. It's a beautiful objective -- a beautiful goal."

Reyes, the former Arsenal player back at the club where he made his name, is out of contract this summer, but refused to be drawn on his own future.

"The answer is my goal is to keep on playing for Sevilla," said Reyes. "This is my city but you never know what can happen in the future. Tomorrow is the most important thing and the future is not something we can contemplate now."

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