Unai Emery said making history with Spanish minnows Villarreal matters more to him than proving another point to English football, as he prepares to take on Manchester United.
The coach Arsenal sacked in 2019 beat his former club in the semi-finals and now has the chance to become the first manager to win the Europa League or UEFA Cup for the fourth time.
Asked if he still had a sense of revenge going into the game he said: ‘No, I owe it to this club and those who have built it up towards this moment.