Lenglet: Could've joined Juve...

By Football Italia staff

Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet claims he could have joined Juventus back in 2012, ‘but I wouldn’t have played or developed’.

Lenglet has since earned a big move to Barcelona after spells at Nancy and Sevilla, but the Frenchman admits his career could have panned out very differently.

“I was at Nancy and I’d only played three months in the French second division when Juventus came in to sign me,” he told Goal.com.

“However I was 18 and I only had a few months of professional football behind me. With the defence Juventus had back then, I wouldn’t have played or developed,

“it wasn’t a good time to leave my club. I’m very happy with the decision I made because I joined a very big club anyway.”

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