Wojciech Szczesny believes Juventus have a ‘better chance’ of winning the club’s third Champions League following the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese joined the Old Lady for a fee of €100m from Real Madrid in European football’s most high profile transfer of the summer.
33-year-old Ronaldo has won Europe’s premier club competition five times in his career, with four of those coming in the last five seasons.
Wojciech Szczesny believes Juventus have a ‘better chance’ of winning the club’s third Champions League following the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese joined the Old Lady for a fee of €100m from Real Madrid in European football’s most high profile transfer of the summer.
33-year-old Ronaldo has won Europe’s premier club competition five times in his career, with four of those coming in the last five seasons.
Juve, meanwhile, have been beaten finalists twice in the last four years as their quest to end their European drought continues.
And speaking to SiriusXM FC, Szczesny expressed his belief that the Bianconeri now have a better chance of turning their dominance in Serie A into Champions League success.
“It gives us a better chance, that’s for sure,” the Polish goalkeeper began.
“It’s still our dream, but with the arrival of Cristiano I think it becomes more of a realistic dream.
“I don’t think it adds any pressure. It gives us more confidence that we can go and challenge in Europe.
“You want to play with the best players, and the arrival of Cristiano gives us the belief that we’ll play better than last year.”
Despite Juve’s European aspirations, Szczesny insists the main priority remains retaining the Scudetto.
“Having said that, I think that just because Juve have won seven titles in a row doesn’t mean that this year is any less important.
“It’s still our main objective, and the first thing we have to do is focus on the League and winning the Coppa Italia, and obviously with Cristiano we’ll have a better chance in Europe, but as I said that’s always a bonus.”