Marco Verratti, Riquelme’s dream signing for Euro Boca 2026 | OneFootball

With Leandro Paredes, Ander Herrera, and Edinson Cavani as accomplices, Juan Román Riquelme has been quietly working for some time to explore the possibility of bringing Italian Marco Verratti for the next season. The midfielder, who bought Pescara from Italy's Serie B, has been in Qatar for two years and is seeking an exit from Al Duhail.

The transfer market work is something that excites Juan Román Riquelme, but he knows that timing cannot be rushed and everything requires its process. He is on this path with the possibility of another Italian landing at Boca, and if it's for the start of 2026, which will mark the return of the 'Xeneize' to the Copa Libertadores, everything would be perfect.

The former Italian national team midfielder, Marco Verratti, is the man in question. The former teammate of Edinson Cavani, Leandro Paredes, and Ander Herrera at PSG left the Parisian club in 2023 to embark on an adventure in Qatar, where he played the first two years at Al Arabi and in June of this year moved to Al Duhail.

However, the midfielder born in Pescara, 33 years old, believes he still has what it takes to test himself at the international level and during November he explored a potential return to Serie A with offers to Inter, Milan, and Juventus.

However, in conversation with his former teammates Leandro Paredes, Ander Herrera, and Edinson Cavani, the idea arose that the possibility of returning to Italy could turn into an adventure of coming to play Argentine football… and that's where President Juan Román Riquelme came into action.

With the strategy that has allowed him to fulfill some of his dreams in the past, he made brief and friendly contact with the Italian, expressed that Boca has open doors for him and conveyed the club's desire to have a player of his caliber. Additionally, the seduction operation for Verratti's wife, model Jessica Aïdi, has already begun, highlighting her job opportunities in Buenos Aires.

The Italian signed for one season with Al Duhail until June 2026, but after an action-packed start and following a muscle injury this November, he hasn't played… and wouldn't mind a change of scenery with a departure from Qatar in a process that has already begun.

Verratti, the owner of Pescara

In June of this year, Marco Verratti bought 50% of the shares of Delfino Pescara 1936, a team that plays in Italy's Serie B after several seasons in the third division.

“I have bought the team where I grew up. I wanted to revive this team. We are in Serie B now. It is something that interests me a lot. I wanted to give back to the city that has allowed me to do everything I do today. It is thanks to them that I have played at Paris Saint-Germain. It is thanks to them that I have been able to play for the national team. It was the most practical and simplest way to show that I wanted to invest in this team to help it grow, to try to bring it back up,” said the 33-year-old Italian in a recent interview with Fichajes.com.

This is not Verratti's first business venture, as he is also the owner of the restaurant La Guisé Trattoria in Paris, founded a company with his wife, and is also involved in the real estate sector with former teammates, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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