PSG star Matuidi: 'I thought about joining Juventus this summer'
It appears that their ability to contend in the Champions League had something to do with his interest.
“I was on holiday but I could still hear all the rumours about this move [to Juventus],” he told L’Equipe in a recent interview, “I asked myself a lot of questions, and the answer that came to mind was that the time may have come for me to leave PSG”.