Francesco Totti is the ultimate one club man who turned down moves to the great Real Madrid to stay with his hometown club Roma. That means he's a very unhappy man when one of his teammates joins rivals Juventus.
Juve have walked away with the Serie A title for the last five years, last season by nine points despite a dreadful start to the season, and the last thing they need is to weaken their opposition whilst strengthening themselves but that's exactly what they've done.
This summer the Old Lady have bought the best players from their two closest rivals, Napoli and Roma. They've bought Gonzalo Higuain from Naples and Miralem Pjanic from the capital.
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And that has annoyed the one club legend:
"Footballers today are a bit like nomads.They follow money and not their hearts. Maybe that is the difference between me and all the others.
"There are not many sportsmen who follow their hearts. If I had only thought about money I would have left Roma 10 years ago. For me it's about passion, not about money.
"I have always loved these colours and always wanted to put on this shirt."
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"The sport has changed a lot. Now at the centre is money. Players change teams more often, perhaps to make more money. It's more a business than a passion.
"Fans go to the stadium to have fun and see a player who is always on the same team - they expect not to be betrayed."
"Look at what has happened now with Higuain from Napoli to Juventus. It's a disaster.
"But it is quite normal now that when a foreigner arrives in Italy and has a chance to go to another team to make more money. It's a problem of mentality, there aren't many foreigners like Maradona.t"
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