In its investigation into tobacco consumption among football players, published this Saturday, the daily L’Equipe mentions in particular the case of Marco Verratti.
A page has turned at PSG. After eleven seasons spent defending the red and blue colors, Marco Verratti, pushed out by the Parisian leaders, decided to go into exile in Qatar, where he signed up with the Al-Arabi club for 50 million euros (bonus included).
Regularly criticized for his questionable lifestyle for a high-level athlete during his stay in the City of Lights, Marco Verratti is not the only footballer to have, in particular, a penchant for cigarettes, as recalled by L’Equipe in a file published this Saturday on tobacco consumption in the world of football.
“I find myself smoking cigarettes with him”
For the sports daily, a journalist who follows PSG on a daily basis, told a tasty anecdote about the evenings of the 30-year-old Italian midfielder. “The day after an Italy-Israel, I am with friends at Nolita, an Italian restaurant on the Champs where he is accustomed to and we see him arriving, he said. He goes behind the bar, Italian tracksuit on his back, pours himself a glass of wine, takes out the packet of cigarettes, goes straight to the balcony and I find myself smoking cigarettes with him. »
