Pushed towards the exit in Paris, Marco Verratti would have declined a very juicy offer from an exotic club.
Arriving at PSG in 2012, Marco Verratti has never been so close to leaving the capital club. Placed on the undesirable list by his leaders, the Italian midfielder does not fit into Luis Enrique’s plans. It is therefore willy-nilly that the former Pescara player should join the Qatari club Al-Arabi for 45 million euros.
If the “Little Owl” initially wanted to continue his career in Europe, he could also have, like many of his colleagues this summer, given in to the sirens coming from Saudi Arabia. According to information from the regional daily The Parisian the transalpine international would have declined a big offer from a Saudi Pro League team.
A salary of €20 million per year awaited him in Saudi Arabia
Indeed, the Al-Hilal club, which notably poached Neymar for 90 million euros, would have offered Marco Verratti a salary of 20 million euros per year. If the Brazilian striker tried to convince his Italian friend to join him, the latter ultimately declined the Saudi offer, preferring to wait for an offer from a European team. But it never came…
