Complex: You’re at the end of another successful season with Juventus, how are you feeling both physically and mentally ahead of what most be one of the most important summers of your career?

Paul Pogba: I just feel great, we [Juventus] didn’t start in the best way but we finished it well, winning the league and the Italian cup. I can still play and I’m excited to get going straight away in the Euros. Mentally, I’m good – I just won the league and I’m always looking ahead to the next one. We just made history at Juventus – no team has ever done the double in Italy two times in a row – now I’m fresh for France.

You’ve won the Serie A title in all of your four seasons at Juve, so things on the pitch are good. How much do you enjoy living in Italy?

I just love to be in my home, chilling in my house with my friends. Turin isn’t a real big town and there’s not that many things to do here, but I do like to go out to Milan.

How do you look back on your time in Manchester?

I really miss Manchester because it’s where I made the most of my teenage years and I had lots of friends there. It’s a different culture, I found they’re more open than French people. I was in digs with a family and they treated me like their son.

Was it a challenge to move to a different country at such a young age with a family that you don’t even know?

I was ready in my head. I was focussed and knew I wanted to be in Manchester, to go there at a young age was fine. I wanted to play football, I knew that’s what I wanted in my life and I was ready to make any sacrifice to do it.

How much do you think you matured in Manchester, on and off the pitch?

Not being with my family meant I had to grow up, I had to learn how to do everything on my own. I was also training with the first team – senior players – which I’d never done before and I always wanted to listen to them.