PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has discussed staying with Juventus after they were relegated.

Buffon chose to stay with Juve after the Calciopoli scandal.

“In football, you can send a message to the outside with loyalty," Buffon explained to L'Équipe's Sport & Style Magazine.

“To say to the fans: 'in difficult moments, I'll be there'. We play for fame, money, trophies and a lot of things, but we also play to feel a sense of belonging."

Buffon was well regarded in France even before joining PSG, having stopped the Italy fans from whistling 'La Marseillaise' before a game against Les Bleus.

“I never calculate my actions. Never. That's why I've gotten myself into trouble sometimes. It's a special moment when I feel something in my gut, my head and my heart.

“In Bari the Italian fans whistled 'La Marseillaise' and I felt I needed to do something. Apart from being a way to show respect to France and the French nation, it was also a way of defending Italy, of saying that my country wasn't those people whistling.

“I know the history of my country, I know that there are values which are carried by the Italian national anthem, the memory of tragedies and people who died for Italy.

“I myself had a grandfather who died during World War I. I didn't want anyone to think that Italy, whistling an anthem, disregarded that history, that memory."