He told La Repubblica: "In 2001, from Parma, I almost made it to Roma. It was a matter of details. Then also with Barcelona. In the end, however, I went to Juve. Then in 2005 there was a huge foreign club that wanted me, but I didn't take it into consideration. In 2011 I was going to Roma again: Montali called me, I liked him and something had broken with Juve.
"But then Conte arrived and imposed his presence. When I returned to Juve from PSG I had already seen the flights, the city. And I was very close to Atalanta the second time they knew me like the back of their hand: I was there, Paratici. Pirlo. Who told me: Gigi, damn, it's the first year I've coached, I came knowing you were there... What could I answer him?
"The choices. Like Paris, like returning to Juve, like accepting to be second at Juve for two years, like going to Serie B for Parma. I explained to my children why I made them, I hope that for them it's a heritage from which to draw something good."