Marco Verratti in Saudi Arabia? Under contract until 2026 in the capital, Marco Verratti is ardently courted by Al-Hilal, who has just poached the Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly. According to information from L’Équipe, a delegation from the Riyadh club is currently in Paris to try to convince the 30-year-old Italian international midfielder. These emissaries would also have contacted the management of PSG, without however transmitting a transfer offer. “Al-Hilal sent his strong men, which says something about Verratti’s interest, and appointed trusted people”, assure our colleagues, noting that the “Little Owl” recently mentioned the idea of a departure with some of his teammates, including a certain Kylian Mbappé, to Cannes, knowing that Parisian decision-makers are not used to opening the door to players they have not put on the transfer list …
The leaders of Al-Hilal will not be out of place in the French capital, they who already went there a few weeks ago to convince Leo Messi, which was not very effective, and even more recently, to discuss the arrival of Belgian Chelsea player Romelu Lukaku (via L’Équipe). Verratti has played 416 matches in Parisian colors since his arrival in 2013. He was targeted by some supporters at the end of the season, along with Messi and Neymar, and had been widely criticized after his blunder against Bayern, in the knockout stages of the Champions League. So that some sources have raised the idea of a departure this summer. The profile of the native of Pescara, however, seems to stick with the principles of play of the future coach of Paris Saint-Germain, the Spaniard Luis Enrique.
