Yevhen Konoplyanka's future with Sevilla is far from certain with the Ukrainian feeling aggrieved by his current situation with the Andalusian club.

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The 26-year-old played no part in Los Nervionenses' 6-4 win over Espanyol on Saturday and has demanded explanations from the club after his exclusion.

Jorge Sampaoli has already requested reinforcements for his squad before transfer deadline day and the Argentinian has hopes to sign a new central defender, a defensive midfielder and a striker in addition to goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu.

If Sampaoli's wishes were to be met, then there would be 26 players in the Sevilla squad and one player would have to be left out of those registered for the Champions League - Konoplyanka has an intuition that it could be him.

"At the beginning of the season I was left out [of the Espanyol game], so it's a bit confusing," he said. "I don't want to rush [a decision], I need to talk with [Sampaoli] and clarify everything.

"I'm not very clear about my situation with the club, so I want to find out what has happened.

"The transfer window is open and it's worth putting things in place first. But I don't want to talk about this because I'm a Sevilla player."

One of the main drawbacks for a potential exit for Konoplyanka is that Sevilla do not want to sell the Ukrainian for less than his true value. His market value is around 20 million euros and with former club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk holding a 40 per cent stake in a future sale, Sevilla would only be entitled to the remaining 60 per cent of the fee.