Relegation key to Buffon's choice

Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has admitted he is only staying at the club because they were relegated to Serie B this summer.

Unlike Fabio Cannavaro, Emerson, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira and Gianluca Zambrotta, who all jumped ship when the verdicts of the match-fixing trial were announced, Buffon believes the club’s fate persuaded him to stay.