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Rafa Benitez has revealed he is not surprised that Serie A giants Juventus are interested in signing Martin Dubravka.

The Slovakia international has been a real hit since signing from Sparta Prague last year but is attracting admirers from around the Continent.

However, Benitez insists that Dubravka is fully focused on the task in hand as Newcastle look to secure their Premier League place for next season.

Benitez, who has managed Napoli and Inter Milan during his career, knows the Italian football circuit well and is not surprised by the interest from Juve.

When asked if their advances had surprised him after just one year on Tyneside, Benitez told the Chronicle: "No, because he's a good keeper and somebody you can trust.

"Obviously they (Juventus) can talk about him but any team could see him as a good keeper.

"The other day he made a mistake but we are talking about one year here and he's not made too many mistakes.

"He has given us a lot of points with his saves.

"Everybody can see Martin is a good goalkeeper."

Dubravka has also been linked with Arsenal in recent times and his agent Pavel Zika went public about the list of clubs of currently scouting the 30-year-old.

However, Benitez - who has Dubravka contracted until 2022 - said: "Agents have to do their jobs, but Martin is OK.

"For me, he is fully concentrated on his job, and it's like when people ask me about players like Salomon Rondon.

"Players may finish contracts and will have to go back.

"But in this case, Martin still has a contract here.

"And because he is doing well people start talking about them so that is good news for us.

"But the best way for the player to carry on with good publicity is to do your job properly.

"So it's making saves or scoring goals for us for others."

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Zika, speaking in the Czech Republic, had said: "We can confirm that Martin belongs to the Juventus Scout Department's list of long-term players.

“However, we must mention that it is not only monitored by Pavel Nedved's Juventus, but there are also Premier League clubs.

"Our personal tip is that Martin stays in England.

"Our effort, but also Newcastle's endeavour, is to negotiate a new contract at the end of this season, as Martin came to Newcastle as a virtually unknown Czech league player, but quickly became a major player of the entire team and already has an excellent reputation throughout the English league.

"So we are gradually starting to negotiate an improved contract, but of course, on the other hand, we record interest from a number of other clubs in the English league.

"Martin Dubravka is in agreement that our goal is to prove as much as possible in England.

"Even though interest in Martin from one of the top German Bundesliga clubs has been eminent over time, Martin has told us that he does not feel that his career is going to move towards Germany, that he would like to continue in England, which is the cradle of football and in which goalkeepers already historically privileged.

"Recently, we have recorded interest in even the biggest clubs from the English league, ie clubs for the title and European Cups, and if Martin is going to do everything like now, we believe that there may be a very interesting top club offer for Martin."