Verratti dreams of Serie A return with Pescara, PSG victories ‘repetitive’ | OneFootball

Marco Verratti admits he dreams of playing in Serie A with Pescara, ‘even just one minute’, while victories at PSG had become ‘repetitive.’

Al-Duhail midfielder Verratti dreams of a Serie A return with his boyhood club, Pescara, who are currently in Serie B.

The Italian midfielder has never played in Italy’s top flight, as he joined PSG in 2012, just a few months after securing Serie A promotion with the Abruzzo-based club.

Verratti dreams of Serie A return with Pescara

ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS – JUNE 15: Marco Verratti of Italy arrives before the UEFA Nations League 2022/23 semifinal match between Spain and Italy at FC Twente Stadium on June 15, 2023 in Enschede, Netherlands. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

“The dream is to play even just one minute in Serie A with Pescara,” the 32-year-old told Gazzetta.

“We always need to give ourselves a goal: maybe I’ll achieve it now that I’m co-president with a 50% stake. You see, only for my Pescara I would have done what I truly wanted to do: they gave me everything and I wanted to repay them from the heart.

“I needed a new challenge and new motivations. In Paris, winning had become something almost taken for granted. Here I rediscovered something like a ‘childlike’, the joy of winning, like when I was a kid,” he continued.

“Pure happiness. In Paris, winning had become monotonous, repetitive.”

Verratti won the French titles nine times and lifted the French Cup six times, but PSG have now managed to win the Champions League.

The reporter argued that the Ligue 1 giants won the Cup with the Big Ears despite not having big stars, but Verratti disagreed.

Verratti explains PSG exit

Marco Verratti of Paris Saint Germain reacts during the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint Germain at the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille, southern France, 26 February 2023. EPA-EFE/SEBASTIEN NOGIER

“That’s not true. There are stars there, and they have built a great team that is very focused on the collective. Luis Enrique has done an excellent job,” he said.

“They’ll keep winning for years to come. One thing, they wrote that I had left PSG because Luis Enrique wanted it. It’s not true. I can guarantee that my conversation with Nasser Al Khelaifi about leaving happened much earlier. I told him I wanted new challenges. We are still on great terms, he’s an outstanding person.”

Verratti is a Euro 2020 winner with the Italy national team and has collected 55 appearances with La Nazionale, scoring three goals.

A PSG legend, Verratti spent 11 seasons at PSG, scoring 11 goals in 416 appearances.