Marco Verratti lives in a gilded cage. Or at least that's what it seemed like for a long time. Perhaps today he is comfortable at Paris Saint Germain (a team that took him to stardom and showed his quality as a footballer) but a few years ago he wanted to leave the French team to join Barcelona.
That was in 2017. But nobody can blame him for that. That year Barcelona was in free-fall after two years earlier they had won the Spanish League, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League in the same season (in case it wasn't clear, it was in 2015). It was obvious that seeing that the Culés were looking for new players, the Italian offered himself to the Spanish team.
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According to his previous agent, he did want to leave PSG and play for the Spanish team. But those days seem to be behind us. His agent in an interview last year said the following: “He told me to talk with them, and that we would also talk with PSG since an extension was in the pipeline.”
He, therefore, admitted that his departure from the French monarch was possible. "PSG was not great at the time, so I said to Marco: 'Are we going or are we staying?' "He said 'OK, let's try another experiment,' said Marco Verratti's former agent, although we all know what ultimately happened. He stayed in Paris but the desire to play with Messi was always external.
Verratti's wish was fulfilled, playing with Lionel Messi
Verratti had already said it since the Argentine legend arrived in Paris: "Of course, I would like to play with Messi" he said. Now, after the match against Benfica, he said the following: "It's incredible what Messi does, you never get used to it. For me, who loves football like that, he is an example, he is the best in history "he said at the end of the interview.
