Chelsea manager Antonio Conte says his former club Juventus have outgrown Serie A and should be aiming to win the Champions League given the squad they have got.
Conte led the Bianconeri to three straight Serie A titles before stepping down and accepting the job as Italy coach in 2014.
The Turin-based club have also won the last two league titles under Conte's successor Massimiliano Allegri, while they are already seven points clear at the top after a third of the current season.
"When you have the eighth-highest wage bill in the world, you need to be looking beyond Serie A," Conte, who also played for Juve, told Gazzetta dello Sport. "Juventus have made huge investments and this places the club in an international dimension.
"When you have a squad like Juve's current one, then you have got to have high objectives. Nothing can be taken for granted in Europe, but when your rivals sell you [Gonzalo] Higuain and [Miralem] Pjanic, it all becomes easy."
Conte, nevertheless, does not regret turning his back on Turin and taking charge of his country for two years, although the way his term as Italy coach ended still rankles.
"Those penalties against Germany [at Euro 2016]...we had match point and if we had beaten Germany, I'm convinced we would have gone all the way," he said. "That national team was an excellent group. It was a united block, strong both mentally and physically. We had cruised past Spain and forced Germany to play in an unnatural way for them."
Conte is now enjoying the next chapter in his career at Chelsea in a league where he says he can relate better to the way things are run.
"In Italy, they want everything immediately," he said. "There is a big rush to get results, forgetting the importance of having a structure. In England, going to the stadium is a pleasure. There's always a full house and there's a lot of effort put into making it a spectacle.
"My work is absorbing me completely and Cobham [Chelsea's training ground] is quite a way out of central London, but London is one of those international metropolises with variety. Each district has its own history; its own identity. The fascinating thing about London is how these different environments live together, often being influenced by very distant countries.
"My present and I hope also my future is Chelsea. I want to enjoy this new life to the end."