Giorgio Chiellini has explained why he's leaving Juventus.

The 37-year-old Italian centre back is leaving the Bianconeri after 17 years this month. Los Angeles FC are favourites for his signature.

Chiellini says Italy's World Cup qualifying failure made up his mind: "Yes, I would have continued because I wanted to try to change my history with the World Cup, which has never been happy. I tried hard, but I couldn't do it.

“In 2010 we went out badly in a more than manageable group, in 2014 we had a great start but we made life difficult for ourselves by losing the seeded place because we then played in really prohibitive conditions, with crazy travel, schedules and heat.

“In 2018 we didn't even qualify and I had this big regret. You think that if we had qualified for Russia I would have left the national team after that World Cup. And I probably would have made a mistake, because then I had my best years."