Miralem Pjanic says Juventus “want to win everything”, and reveals congratulations from his ex-Roma teammates.
The Bianconeri have made no secret of their Champions League ambitions, and the new signing was asked about the goals for the season ahead.
“The most important thing is to hold onto the trophies which were won last year,” Pjanic explained in a Press conference.
Miralem Pjanic says Juventus “want to win everything”, and reveals congratulations from his ex-Roma teammates.
The Bianconeri have made no secret of their Champions League ambitions, and the new signing was asked about the goals for the season ahead.
“The most important thing is to hold onto the trophies which were won last year,” Pjanic explained in a Press conference.
“Of course the team, a club like Juve, always want to win everything. Any opponent we face, whether it’s in the Champions League, League or Coppa we’ll want to win.
“The objectives will always be the highest ones possible. The priority will obviously always be to bring the Scudetto home and write history.
“Six in a row would be a good thing, and I hope I can help Juve to hold on to the Scudetto.”
Leaving Roma to move to Turin caused controversy, but Pjanic says there’s no animosity with his former teammates.
“Everyone congratulated me, everyone was disappointed and I received a lot of messages.
“Before I signed here I called Coach [Luciano] Spalletti and I sent a message to [Francesco] Totti, Daniele [De Rossi], the ones who have been there for so long to thank them for the five years and tell them the choice I’d made.
“A career isn’t long, I was at Roma for five years and I had wonderful years there, I’ll never forget it. Of course it wasn’t easy, because I had five wonderful years there and starting again anywhere wouldn’t be easy.
“The team was disappointed because I got on well with everyone in the dressing room, I had very good relations with everyone, not just the players at Trigoria but everyone at Roma.
“When I said I was changing teams after five years it obviously wasn’t a small thing. The players have complimented me, I’m going to a great club, a great team.
“Obviously they were disappointed that I wouldn’t be part of the Roma dressing room, but that of another team.
“I’ll always have so much respect for them, and they know it well. The messages I received from Totti and other players touched me, but football is like this, it goes on and now I’m very happy to be here.
“I hope to win a lot of things here because I’m at a great club with very good players that will help me to become even stronger and help me achieve what I’ve always wanted: winning trophies.
“I’m sure I chose the right club to do that. Juve didn’t just follow me now, they’re a club which works seriously and they were always interested in one way or another.
“Maybe it couldn’t have been done before, now it’s done and I’m very happy. For me there was no choice but to take a step forward in my career and this is definitely the club to do it.
“Differences with Roma? There is a difference, there’s been a difference since the first day I signed here.
“I got a lot of welcomes from the whole squad, I got a lot of messages from the start and they made me feel welcome and made me realise that I’m at a great club, with great men and great players.
“In addition to winning so much in recent years, the way they welcomed me made me realise that they’re a united team who are happy to have me here, that I can help and that they’re glad I came. That made me very happy.”
It has been suggested that the Bosnian international will live in Paul Pogba’s former apartment, fuelling rumours the Frenchman could leave. “I don’t know where Pogba lives, I don’t think it was his,” Pjanic shrugged.
“After [the tour of] Australia I think I’ll move into my house, I already chose it during the holidays because it’s always easier to settle-in when you have a house.”