Bonucci: ‘Juventus made their choice’

By Football Italia staff

Leonardo Bonucci says Juventus made “very precise choices last season” which led to him joining Milan.

The centre-back made a shock €40m move to the Rossoneri last month, having won six Scudetti in a row in Turin.

“As I’ve said, I’m only concerned with Milan now and Juve is in the past,” Bonucci said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport.

“I thank them for what they gave me, with them I became one of the best defenders in the world but when you make certain choices you have to take responsibility and you own the consequences.

“Juve and [Coach Massimiliano] Allegri made very precise choices last season and I made mine accordingly.

“Allegri said it was my choice? Certainly my evaluations were no longer those of the past, but the choice was shared with the club so it wasn’t all on me.

“Everything starts from Oporto [where Bonucci was banished to the stands] but there had been some incidents already, though perhaps less egregious ones.

“I hope to do with Milan what [Andrea] Pirlo did with Juve, only in reverse.”

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“If that must be, then it will be. We’re all professionals, no problem.

“Have I spoken to any of my former teammates? Of course, today [yesterday] I wished happy birthday to [Giorgio] Chiellini, and then with some of them we have a common path in the national team.”

The reaction from Juve fans on social media hasn’t been kind, but the defender shrugs that off.

“If I was influenced by comments on social media I’d have left Juve in 2011 and this year I wouldn’t have come to Milan,” Bonucci said.

“They insulted me because I changed teams, but on social media people are free to say what they want I don’t feel rancour.”

Read parts two and three of the interview here.

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