Man City's failure to sign Pogba 'important for football' - Buffon

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon feels Manchester City's failure to sign Paul Pogba is "important" for modern football.

The France international was courted by  City, Chelsea and Barcelona over the summer but opted to stay with the Serie A champions.

Buffon believes his team-mate was the best player in Europe last season, and his willingness to remain in Italy shows the richer clubs cannot always sign the players they want.

"The level that Paul Pogba was playing at last season, there was nobody better in the world, and I include [Lionel] Messi and [Cristiano] Ronaldo in that," he told the Daily Mirror.

"When you are at that level, stories are always going to be written about your future.

"Manchester City are one of three or four clubs in the world that can pay what I call crazy money, so it’s only natural they were interested in him.

"He made his intentions to stay with Juventus very clear though, and that was important for us, but also important for football. It showed that money doesn’t always win."

Pogba will come face-to-face with City as Juve travel to the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday for their opening Champions League clash of the campaign.