Buffon targets Champions League for Juve

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes Champions League qualification should be the Bianconeri’s objective for the coming Serie A season.

Juventus return to the top flight this season following their relegation to Serie B for match fixing at the end of the 2005/06 campaign, and Buffon believes European football would go a long way to healing the scars of the past.

“Qualification for the Champions League is the objective,” Buffon said. “If we achieve that it would be an excellent start to build on for this club’s future.

“We should not forget about the difficulties we had to get past in order to get to this point and build the squad we have now.

“So no one should consider it a scandal if we finish third or fourth.”