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New Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi says that despite Neymar's arrival it was the right moment to leave Paris Saint-Germain and seek a new challenge.
The France international has already made his Bianconeri debut in the opening-weekend win over Cagliari, but he was officially unveiled as a Juve player at a news conference in Turin on Tuesday, and said he was delighted by the move.
"It's a great honour for me to be part of Juventus and I'm delighted to play alongside some great footballers," he said. "It's an ambitious challenge and I've been welcomed well by my teammates and I'm sure it's going to be easy to reach an understanding on the pitch.
"I'm not disappointed at all [to leave PSG when Neymar arrives] -- I'm very happy and honoured to wear these colours. I made this decision and this choice and after many years for one club, obviously it was difficult to leave them, but I wanted to come here -- not everybody gets this honour to wear these colours."
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