Buffon dismisses ´crazy´ title talk

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says talk of his side winning the Scudetto is ‘crazy’.

The Turin outfit are two points ahead of AC Milan and Udinese at the top of the Italian top flight and are unbeaten after 13 games.

With a tricky fixture to come against an unpredictable Roma side at the Stadio Olimpico on Monday, the 33-year-old feels it is much too early to be discussing their Serie A title hopes.

“We need a great deal of calm here,” Buffon told Tuttosport.

“There are too many games to go, including the entire second half of the season.”

“The road is too long and I really don’t want to take our fans for a ride. If I said that ‘S-word’, then I’d be crazy. I’m not just refusing to say it out of false modesty.”

Buffon was also quick to remind fans of last season, when Juventus enjoyed a strong start to the campaign but fell away to end up finishing seventh.

“Don’t forget, in December last year we were in second place, then bad luck ran us down,” he said.

“After all, if we were to lose one or two important players, then we’d have to see if the team could make do without them.”

“In those difficult moments, if they come, we can tell how good this squad really is.”