Former Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is undergoing a medical ahead of a potential return to Juventus just one season after leaving the club for Paris Saint-Germain.
The 41-year-old spent 17 years with the Serie A champions before joining Paris St Germain last summer.
World Cup winner Buffon, who was capped 176 times by his country, announced last month that he would leave PSG after a single season in France.
He was in Turin on Thursday morning for a medical assessment and was shown being tested on a treadmill in a video posted on Juve’s Twitter page.
Medical visit for @gianluigibuffon 💪👍
📸 ➡️https://t.co/uzlHGMKnwg pic.twitter.com/zI1BTAQ8sN
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 4, 2019
‘The medical examinations of Gianluigi Buffon have just started,” read a statement on the club website.
‘The goalkeeper arrived this morning at J | Medical, where he was greeted by a hundred enthusiastic fans, and he immediately started medical tests.’
In addition to lifting the 2006 World Cup with Italy, Buffon won nine Serie A titles and four Italian cups after joining Juventus from Parma in 2001.
👍 @gianluigibuffon 👍 pic.twitter.com/brRiNnEdnZ
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 4, 2019
Should the move be completed, he will be managed by former Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri and play alongside ex-Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey.
Buffon, who lifted the Ligue 1 title during his short stay in Paris, would become the club’s third free transfer of the summer following the arrivals of Wales international Ramsey and former PSG team-mate Adrien Rabiot.
