Pastore: I’m not the player Juventus are looking for

  

Bianconeri boss Massimiliano Allegri is in the market for an attacking midfielder but the Argentine star says that he is content with life in Paris

  Javier Pastore has closed the door on a potential move to Juventus and insists that he is very happy at Paris Saint-Germain.

The Argentine has been regularly linked to the Bianconeri over the past couple of years and the Italian giants are in the market for an attacking midfielder this summer.

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has publicly declared his desire to sign a top-class trequartista, even recently naming Chelsea’s Oscar and Real Madrid’s Isco as two players he admires, but Pastore says that he is not the man to fill the void.

"Juventus are a great team with great players but I don’t know if I’m the right player,” the ex-Palermo star told Goal.

“Today I’m very happy in Paris. I’ve been playing well and I always play, which is a very important thing for me.”

Pastore spent two successful seasons in Serie A with Palermo before joining PSG for €40 million (£28.7m) in 2011, and he does concede that he misses Italy.

"Yes I miss it a little bit," he stated. "I miss the people and I spent two fantastic years in Palermo. "The Italian league is very tactical. It’s a beautiful league and made me really happy.

"I don’t know [if I will return to Serie A in the future], a lot of things can happen in football and you never know. But, I’m doing very well in France. I’m very calm and have adapted well."

Pastore enjoyed a fine 2014-15 campaign and was one of PSG’s leaders as they waltzed to a domestic treble. He registered five goals and eight assists in Ligue 1 and was rewarded with a new contract that expires in 2019.

He also impressed at this summer’s Copa America, helping Argentina all the way to the final and scoring in the semi-final victory over Paraguay.