2023-09-13
Paris SG’s Italian international midfielder Marco Verratti commits to the club Qatari from Al-Arabi SC after eleven seasons defending the shirt of the club from the French capital, the French entity indicated this Wednesday.
Verratti It did not enter into the future plans of PSG and the new coach Luis Enriquedespite “playing a prominent role in our great history,” the president of the French club Nasser highlighted in a statement. Al-Khelaifi.
“Paris, the club and its fans will always have a special role in my heart,” declared Verratti, who will turn 31 in November.
After training in Pescara club with which he debuted as a professional at the age of 16 in the Series B, Verratti He signed two years later for Paris SG, where he became the most successful player in the club’s history with 30 titles.
His passed by PSGHowever, he is also marked by his numerous injuries, which have frequently deprived him of important matches, such as the Champions League final that the French lost against the Bayern in 2020 (1-0).
Also for his acts of indiscipline, which led him to see 141 yellow cards and six expulsions during his time at PSG, a club with which he was never able to win the much-desired top European club title.
“I have learned to play with a yellow card,” he said in 2021, a few months before admitting: “I don’t understand myself with the referees.”
After the departure of Neymar and Lionel Messi, Verratti He is the third heavyweight in the PSG locker room to have left the entity this summer.
With the Italian team debuted in 2012 and has played 55 games, with the conquest of Euro 2021 as the main achievement, although also with the slab of not having helped the Azzurra qualify for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Verratti will receive an estimated annual salary of 35 million euros in Qatar. In this way, the former Pescara player will more than double his income, which is currently estimated at 14.4 million euros per year in Paris.
