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Grzegorz Krychowiak: Coach Unai Emery was key to Sevilla stay

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Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak has said he decided to stay at the club once coach Unai Emery had committed his own future to them.

Krychowiak, 25, had been linked with a move to the Premier League during the summer transfer window, with Arsenal among the clubs said to be interested.

But no club met the Poland international's €30 million release clause, and he confirmed on Twitter before the end of the window that he would not be going anywhere.

"Unai's decision to stay was crucial for me. I wanted to form part of his project and only his, nobody else's," defensive midfielder Krychowiak told Polish newspaper Przeglad Sportowy in quotes reported by AS.

"If he had left to go to another club, it's probable I would have seriously considered doing the same.

"Emery is part of my success. He believes in me. We are a perfect fit and our philosophies are very similar. I have only been at Sevilla for a year but I owe a lot to the manager."

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