Juventus defender Zdenek Grygera has expressed his desire to end his career with the Italian giants.

The Czech Republic international joined last summer after Juve regained their Serie A status, and has finally overcome his injury problems to hold down a regular spot at right-back in Claudio Ranieri's side.

Asked if he could imagine ending his career at the Old Lady, the 27-year-old said: "I would like to. But you never know what can happen, if you will get injured or something else. But I know I would not like to move.

"I am absolutely happy here. Juventus have always been in my dreams and moving with my family is always very difficult. We have been here only eight months and only now we are going to move to the place where we would like to stay indefinitely."

On their first campaign back in the top flight following their relegation in the fallout of the 'Calciopoli' match-fixing investigations, Juve are now third in the league, which Grygera sees as a testament to a good re-building of the club.

The former Ajax man said: "After Juventus returned to Serie A, a big re-building of the squad happened, a lot of new players have arrived. Milan and Inter, who stayed in the league, have not been through something like that.

"That is why we need some time to get used to each other. I think we can be proud of where we are now."

Juve look set to return to the Champions League next season, though this is something Grygera is not taking for granted.

He said: "We have not yet qualified for the Champions League though. If the first five clubs qualified for the Champions League then we could have been calmer.

"If we do qualify then it is likely new players will arrive in the summer. Let's hope that we might achieve something in the future."

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