Juventus midfielder Kingsley Coman says he had to leave Paris Saint-Germain to get regular football, claiming the French club did not really consider him until he was about to leave.
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The 19-year-old made an impressive debut for the Bianconeri in their opening Serie A victory over Chievo Verona after arriving in Turin on a free transfer this summer.
Juve had noticed his talent over a year ago and convinced him to join them rather than signing a new contract with Les Parisiens, where he was no more than a youth-team player.
Had he stayed in the French capital, Coman says he does not expect he would have played much this season either, saying that PSG do not really show much consideration for their young prospects.
"I think at Paris Saint-Germain, the young players are shoved to one side a little," he told France's Canal+. "They are a club who need to win things immediately and it's not easy to find any room. It was only when they realised that I was really leaving that they started appreciating me for my true worth, but by then it was already too late."
Juve, on the other hand, have no such problem fielding young players in Serie A, as Allegri did with Coman on the first weekend of the Serie A season.
"At Juve, it's not so much about competition between a young player and a top player, but more about competition between two professional footballers," he said. "You can see why they're such a top club. I've been given a great welcome here.
"I never imagined I would be welcomed the way I have been, considering I'm not a big name, and I didn't expect to start the first game, but thanks to my character -- I don't let things make too much of an impression on me -- I was able to keep my calm."
"Even if I don't play again for Juve, at least I will have played more than I ever did at PSG, but I won't be happy just for that. I'll be able to say if I made a good start in about two months."
Coman is following in the footsteps of another Frenchman Juve picked up on a free transfer, Paul Pogba. The former Manchester United midfielder has become one of the club's biggest assets only two years after arriving from Old Trafford, while is now also an established France international.
That is something Coman would be happy to emulate, even though he insists he is his own player.
"Each player follows his own path and it's only right that you set yourself goals and that I am compared with Pogba, but if possible, I'd like to do even more than him, even if it will take time," Coman said.