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Paris Saint-Germain Confirms Gianluigi Buffon's Departure From the Club

Paris Saint-Germain have announced that veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon will be leaving the club this summer after just one season in the French capital.

Buffon, who is now 41 years old, joined the French champions last summer after 17 trophy-laden years at Juventus, in what many saw as an attempt to finally lift the only major trophy that continued to elude him: the Champions League.

However, this was not to be, with the Parisiens crashing out in the round of 16 for the third season running to a resurgent Manchester United side.

Now, as revealed in an official statement on the club's website, the Italian has agreed to leave Paris after the one-year deal he signed last summer expired.