Marco Verratti could be fed up with PSG: according to rumours, the former Pescara man could even choose to return to Italy to finally play in Serie A.
There are two stumbling blocks: PSG want to sell him but without discounts, and then there is the very high salary received by the player. Nevertheless, some teams are really thinking about it. Meanwhile, Verratti’s agent has denied, at least in part, the possibility of his return to Italy: ‘Verratti in Italy? He already plays in the national team, more Italian than that… Now he’s on holiday and we don’t think about his future, then we’ll see,” said Pimenta.
With these statements, therefore, the future of the PSG player remains nebulous: it will be discussed again in July, probably. Mirko Valdifiori, former Empoli and Napoli player and currently with Vis Pesaro, spoke to the microphones of calciomercato.it, broadcast on TVPLAY channel, also from Formentera.
“Verratti is a symbol of Italy for what he did with the national team,” said Valdifiori. “In the two appearances I made with Italy he helped me a lot. When I arrived from Empoli to the national team at the beginning, everything seemed strange to me, a different world, and he immediately put me at ease. He has qualities and he has shown them, he’s been playing at the highest level for years now. Now maybe there is also Barella, but as continuity in these years Verratti has proved to be the strongest midfielder. “
“In the last seven to eight years, the continuity that Verratti has had has been had by few. I don’t know if he will return to Italy, maybe he’s doing well there now. But to end his career here is an idea that tickles Marco. I read that he’d like to return to Pescara one day. They would treat him like a king.”
Verratti, return to Italy in doubt: “They would treat him like a king.
Maurizio Sarri
Maurizio Sarri
“Lazio did well in Italy but not in Europe,” the interviewee continued, speaking about Sarri. “I had Sarri as a coach. I knew him well. He had a type of football that was difficult for others to challenge, he prepares all the matches scrupulously. Then it depends on the year, this year with Lazio I don’t know why he didn’t manage to go ahead, but in the league he came second, maybe they concentrated on reaching the Champions League which has been missing for a while. “
“I was lucky to arrive in Napoli with Sarri, then Jorginho exploded, he had a great championship, I think he too with Sarri’s game was able to give his best. I could have done even better myself, it’s not that it’s Sarri’s fault… We both arrived in Naples at that precise moment. Initially I played in a Napoli that wasn’t what it became in the months that followed and the year after. It had a great points average, but there was Juventus, otherwise it could have won the Scudetto that Spalletti won this year’.
“Sarri for my career has represented an important reference point, with him at Empoli we reached Serie A, then there was a historic salvation. With his idea of football I expressed my qualities to the maximum and I managed to get to Serie A at the age of 28.”
