Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot says he's a better player for moving to Italy.

Rabiot's current deal with Juve expires at the end of the season.

He said, "My season? I am improving in my football, I am moving forward in life with more maturity. My experience in Italy did me good from a football point of view.t

"People's image has changed but I don't think I've changed."

On France's win in the Republic of Ireland, Rabiot also said: "We were solid, we waited. It's true that in the final match we suffered a lot and luckily Maignan was there. They would have put us in difficulty any team playing like that.

"We had the opportunity to score. There are matches where you have to know how to settle, maybe in some situations we would not have won this match."