Perin wasn’t expecting to play alongside Ronaldo at Juventus

When he agreed a deal to join Juve in June, the goalkeeper was not anticipating he would play alongside the Portugal international

Mattia Perin was not expecting to play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo when he joined Juventus, but he is excited to do so.

Juve paid Genoa an initial €12 million (£10.6m/$14m) to sign the goalkeeper after Gianluigi Buffon confirmed his 17-year stay at Turin would end after the 2017-18 season.

On Tuesday the Bianconeri announced they had shelled out €100m (£88m/$117m) more than the fee for Perin to snare five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo from Real Madrid.