Buffon: I’m moved seeing Balotelli making final effort with Genoa

Buffon is happy to see the 34-year-old making a final career attempt at Genoa.

He told Il Corriere della Sera: “He lost his way a bit because he lost focus on the real goal: to become the champion he had the potential to be.

“But it moves me to see him at the age of 34 with Genoa, and still trying.”

Buffon also revealed he had turned down a late career move to Atalanta: “Atalanta wanted me.

“(Gian Piero) Gasperini wrote me a WhatsApp message: 'With you we will win the Champions League.' But Pirlo convinced me to stay at Juve.”