Love lasts three years. Finally maybe a little more between Marco Verratti and PSG. The Italian midfielder who arrived in the capital in 2012 has also extended his Parisian history until June 2026. In an interview for the magazine France Football, “Petit Hibou” returned to his departure from time.news and his transfer to PSG . “It was very hard to leave my family, my friends. (…) I had never seen France. I knew Paris by name, but I had never been there. As soon as I arrived here, I fell in love with it. I immediately fell in love with this city,” says Marco Verratti.
The Italian midfielder arrived from time.news, in Serie B, in the summer of 2012 at the same time as a certain Zlatan Ibrahimovic. “I was presented the same day as him. They told him: We let Marco pass, so people have time to arrive, ”says the Parisian midfielder. If the integration of the little Italian went well, it is also thanks to his teammates Sirigu, Pastore, Motta whom he quotes many times but also thanks to Parisian life.
“I was passed off as someone who went out every night”
“It is impossible not to love Paris. (…) I spent a lot of my days exploring, walking, visiting museums, exhibitions. For the first two or three years, I really liked it. People did not stop me in the streets, ”continues number 6 of PSG. Marco Verratti also depicts “cold” Parisians who become “real friends”, “very discreet”, but “who let you live your life”, while refuting their grumpy side.
The Italian midfielder also returned to his reputation as a “bon vivant”: “This reputation bothered me because, most of the time, it was not true. I was passed off as someone who went out every night. (…) Once it was said that I had gone out there, but the club was closed. Another time, it was said that I had spent an evening with the singer Rihanna, but I don’t even know her. “However, Marco Verratti has no hard feelings and ensures that he will still be in France in 10 years. He has also already said in the past that he wanted to apply for French nationality. His reason? ” I love France. »