"I have long-term commitment to UniCredit and I never comment on rumours," he told Reuters on the sidelines of a Reuters Breakingviews event in London.

Italian website Lettera43 this week reported rumours that Mustier, who took the helm of Italy's biggest bank in July last year, was top of the list for headhunters looking for a replacement of Deutsche Bank's CEO John Cryan.

(Reporting by Silvia Aloisi, writing by Valentina Za; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)

Stocks treated in this article : Deutsche Bank, UniCredit SpA