A sequence that will put a piece in the anti-Marco Verratti machine. The Italian midfielder, who according to several sources has agreed with the Saudi club Al-Hilal for a three-year contract, has been content with crumbs with Paris SG since the start of summer preparation on the playing time side. Not once a holder in the four warm-up matches, before the meeting in South Korea on Thursday, the Transalpine takes its troubles patiently.
What is the reason ? His contractual status? Not necessarily. According to L’Equipe, the 30-year-old returned from his vacation with “a waistline far from the required standards”. In other words, with extra pounds. Which did not please Luis Enrique, who does not hesitate to leave him on the bench, preferring other elements like Zaire-Emery, Ugarte or even Soler and Ruiz.
Coming into play shortly after the hour mark against Al Nassr and Osaka, Verratti did not move from the substitutes’ bench against Le Havre or against Inter Milan. A way for the new staff to impose their ideas and put everyone on the same level. The most talented player in the Parisian midfield, the former Pescara midfielder has always had difficulty in being serious in his approach to the profession, in particular for his appetite for Parisian life and nightlife.
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Situation which notably annoyed internally last season and the reason why, after eleven seasons in the capital, Marco Verratti is no longer at all untransferable. Provided you pay the price. It remains to be seen what Luis Enrique thinks about the Italian international, who has necessarily been testing him since his arrival. At 100% of his means, no other Parisian midfielder can compete with him. But what about his state of form and his seriousness throughout the season… Necessary condition for his maintenance in the workforce of the champions of France.
