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Gianluigi Buffon insists Juventus lost their ‘DNA’ after Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival as club legend claims former all-conquering side were no longer a ‘single unit’ with the Portuguese star
- Gianluigi Buffon says Juventus lost their ‘DNA’ with Cristiano Ronaldo at the club
- Ronaldo, 36, joined the Italian giants in 2018 with the hope of winning big
- However, the Old Lady fell further from challenging for the Champions League
- Juventus legend Buffon says that the side no longer became a ‘single unit’
Gianluigi Buffon has claimed that Juventus lost its ‘DNA’ following Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival as the veteran goalkeeper reflected on why the Portuguese’s tenure did not result in European success for the club.
Ronaldo, 36, joined the Old Lady in 2018 from Real Madrid to much fanfare, with the Turin outfit desperate for Champions League success having missed out in the 2017 final.
However, while Ronaldo won Serie A twice with Juve, the Italians drifted further from challenging for Europe’s top prize and they finished fourth in the league last season before he moved to Manchester United.
Gianluigi Buffon has claimed that Juventus lost its ‘DNA’ with Cristiano Ronaldo at the club
Buffon was not in the Juventus dressing room for Ronaldo’s first season, but returned from Paris Saint-Germain in 2019 and has given his verdict on why the Turin outfit did not reach Europe’s summit.
‘Juventus had the chance to win the Champions League the first year he arrived, which was the year I was at Paris Saint-Germain, and I couldn’t figure out what happened,’ he told TUDN.com, in relation to Juve’s quarter final exit to Ajax.
‘When I returned, I worked with CR7 for two years and we did…
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