PSG not ready to win Champions League, says Buffon (Punch)

Gianluigi Buffon believes Paris Saint-Germain are not ready to win the Champions League as he prepares to make his European debut with the club against Napoli and play his first game in Italy since leaving Juventus.

The 40-year-old World Cup winner was suspended for PSG’s opening three European games for his behaviour and comments towards the referee during Juventus’ quarter-final loss to Real Madrid last April.

“To achieve certain successes we need a path, a project, a management and a team that have known each other for a long time,” Buffon said in an interview with Sky Sport Italia.

“PSG have been renewed in recent years and need time.”

Buffon said Lionel Messi’s Barcelona and Juventus, who bought Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, last summer, were the favourites.

“In the Champions League, there are two or three favourites — Barcelona, because they have the first or occasionally the second (best) player in the world. Read more

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