'Leicester are the team to avoid' - Buffon doesn't want to face Foxes in Champions League

The Juventus goalkeeper says his team would have "everything to lose" if they draw the Premier League holders in the Champions League quarter-finals

goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has named as the only team he wants to avoid in the quarter-finals after the Premier League champions knocked out .

The Leicester City miracle continues!

The Foxes ran out 2-0 winners at the King Power Stadium to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory in their last-16 tie, and their growing reputation around Europe was confirmed by veteran Italian star Buffon.

While Leicester triumphed, Juventus cruised to a 1-0 win over 10-man in Turin, with Paulo Dybala's first-half penalty ensuring a 3-0 aggregate scoreline in favour of the leaders.

Despite the likes of , and being in the last eight, Buffon picked out Leicester as the competition's danger team.

He told Premium Sport: "The only team I'd like to avoid in the draw is Leicester.

"They have got enthusiasm, they know how to hurt the strongest teams. We'd have everything to lose against them."

The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on Friday, with the ties to be played in mid-April.