The former Napoli and Liverpool boss was soon appointed his successor and Emery, who rejected the chance to move to Serie A this summer, feels he can take his new side right to the top.
"I believe that Benitez's arrival at Madrid is the rightful recognition of his good work down the years," he told Corriere dello Sport.
"They're candidates to win La Liga because Benitez is coach of Madrid. If they don't succeed it's because Barcelona win but when Madrid go several years without winning La Liga, you know something's not right.
"Barca and Madrid are the best in world. When you add technical success to this, it's a winning formula."
Emery went on to discuss his decision to turn down approaches from Napoli and AC Milan this summer, saying he is eager to see out what he has started at Sevilla.
"I'll admit I had the chance to go to coach other teams but Sevilla can grow as well," he explained.
"Napoli? Aurelio De Laurentiis is a president who showed a lot of interest in me and my work. I was pleased to meet him and I thank him, we had a good talk.
"Napoli offer the coach a lot in terms of development. He's brought Napoli back to the top and they're only missing a little bit to be part of the elite.
"Who knows? Maybe in the future we'll have an adventure at Napoli but now isn't the time to leave Sevilla, my priority is the Champions League and Napoli couldn't offer that.
"Milan have been after me for two seasons. Naturally I thank them and I'm always willing to listen."
Carlos Bacca left Sevilla for Milan this summer and Emery believes the Colombia striker is looking forward to the task of bringing the Rossoneri back to the top.
"At Milan he can't have what we would have given him at Sevilla. He has the chance to wear the shirt of a sleeping giant and he wants to wake up Milan and be part of their rebirth."
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