Verratti: “I didn’t want to move to another team in Europe to avoid the game against Paris”

Marco Verratti was one of the main people responsible for Paris’ success over the last decade and his contribution was appreciated not only by the management but also by the crowd, who adored him in the last game in the Paris jersey a few months ago.

But despite the fact that he now plays in the Al Arabi jersey in Qatar, the 30-year-old Italian midfielder not only does not forget the team from the French capital, but in an interview with “Equipe” spoke about the special bond he has her, and his refusal to meet her in the future as a…rival.

“I spoke to Luis Enrique last summer and he told me that I wasn’t in his plans. He’s a great coach, I respect that. He just told me that he wanted to make changes, that I had been in Paris for many years and that he wanted something different.

Nothing happens by chance for me. I didn’t want to move to another team in Europe because I could play against Paris. I wanted this to be my last team.

I will live in Paris for the rest of my life. My family, my children, stayed there. When I have days off, I go back to stay in Paris.emphasized the Italian midfielder and added:

“There are players who hide, I always take my responsibilities, both in life and on the pitch. One of the reasons people love me is because they see that I’m normal.

Football was always a game, the pleasure I had was drinking a glass of wine when there was no training. I knew when I could eat with my friends and when I was younger I also went to discos.

Regardless, I was and am always a professional and never came a minute late in training.”