It’s only a matter of hours before Marco Verratti’s transfer to Al-Arabi is made official. After 11 seasons spent at Paris Saint-Germain, the Italian midfielder is preparing to discover a new challenge by leaving the old continent. Alongside his signing in Qatar, the transalpine international (55 caps, 3 goals) is divided in the Parisian camp. If some fans would have liked him to stay given his contribution to the conquest of numerous national titles for PSG, others felt that Marco Verratti had served his time by highlighting his lifestyle, sometimes far from impeccable.
This is not the case for his former teammate, Blaise Matuidi. Now retired, the ex-Parisian (295 appearances between 2011 and 2017) returned to the career of the native of Pescara, whom he considers to be a major player who marked the history of PSG between 2010 and 2020. “In my eyes, given the titles he won. Marco marked the history of PSG. When he arrived, he was very young, carefree, no one knew him. But from its first balloons, we saw that it was a little gem that was going to make the Parc des Princes vibrate… Perhaps that’s what some people want to remember. And Marco never hid the fact that he was a bon vivant. Don’t forget that at the start, he’s a kid who arrives in Paris from Pescara. This is not the rhythm of life. But he also knew how to be serious. I can assure you that Marco never arrived late for training, that he was always a great professional”declared the former French international (84 caps, 9 goals) during an interview with The Team.
