Besiktas signing Miralem Pjanic admits he had a tough summer with Barcelona.

Pjanic was expected to return to Juventus, but in the end has joined Besiktas on a season-long loan.

He told Marca: "It's true.

"There were a lot of things, but the situation of these clubs was not easy. Not a lot of clubs had a great window, only Paris Saint-Germain, I don't know how they've done it.

"The English clubs too. It was stressful, I thought about my situation, but until I got a call, I was focused on training. But, it was difficult."