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16th February 2013, 01:38
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Marco Verratti
According to his agent we're interested:
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16th February 2013, 01:52
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Mute the music if it's not your cup of tea. Looks like a very talented and intelligent player from that video. I've heard good things about him before watching the video, just not enough to actually give any detailed analysis. I just don't see why PSG would want to get rid of him. Seems like a real gem. |
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16th February 2013, 01:53
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Only seen him in a few CL matches and one Ligue 1 match. He's talented alright. One of the biggest Italian talents. Excellent against Valencia the other day.
Saying that clubs like him is hardly news worthy. I'm sure SAF has a list (or so to speak) of 50 players that he likes. But with all the talent that PSG possesses players are bound to get fed up with not playing. It's already started with Nene. If I remember correctly he was their best player last season but couldn't get game time this season (and that was even before Lucas joined). I imagine that they'd want to keep a hold of him and the reason for him wanting to leave would either be homesickness or in the future getting bored of the lack of challenge in the French league. |
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16th February 2013, 04:39
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Heralded as the next Pirlo. Was the mainstay for Pescara in Serie B.
But that's just his agent looking for a wage hike. Clubs are interested in a player who just moved to a new club 6 months back? Really? |
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16th February 2013, 04:51
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the fact that he's an extremely intelligent, technically gifted, highly rated central midfielder suggests we will certainly not be in for him
 too obvious. i would definitely wank vigourously if we bought him though. the only question would be if he would adapt to the pace and physicality of the premier league. i don't know the answer to that. |
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16th February 2013, 07:24
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Cracking player. Would like him to take over from Scholes. However PSG wouldn't let him go that easy given the fact that they just signed him this past summer.
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16th February 2013, 10:23
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I heard that PSG got him from a club in Seria B and he had only played 7 games, and hes gone straight into PSG first team - now that is scouting for you!.
Cannot see them selling him, not while they are trying to build. He does certainly look talented though - your typical modern CM, great passing, good work rate and skillfull. |
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16th February 2013, 10:26
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He was the mainstay of the Serie B team (Pescare) for around 2 years before moving to PSG, and had other clubs in for him as well. |
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16th February 2013, 10:32
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16th February 2013, 11:50
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You need certain people like that in your team. Keane was a cunt but he was our cunt. Rooney's probably our current one, but Veratti would be a brilliant addition if we could get hold of him. Would add some bite from our squad which we've been missing since Fletch decided to reject his internal organs. |
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16th February 2013, 11:51
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16th February 2013, 11:58
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16th February 2013, 14:06
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Agent bullshit, but I'd take him in a second. Exactly the sort of player we need, really.
I'm not sure that concerns about how lightweight he is are valid. There's the usual 'look at Oscar, Silva etc' argument. Also in that YouTube comp he seems to be under constant rigorous physical pressure. Ligue 1 isn't that far from the PL in terms of physicality. |
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16th February 2013, 17:06
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There was talk a while back that France would become less attractive to high earning footballers due to the new President introducing a 75% income tax on earnings over 1mil.
Wonder if we'll see some impact from that. |
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16th February 2013, 18:38
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Thought he was very impressive v Valencia, didn't think he'd catch the eye of others but nothing gets past the Caf, or Ferguson for that matter if the story is believed.
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16th February 2013, 19:28
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16th February 2013, 21:18
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19th February 2013, 09:33
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He's very good, a bit too rash at times (gets a lot of bookings for talking back, but more for very... vigorous challenges, and quite often stupid ones) but will mature with age. As far as maturity goes, he's however already pretty impressive for someone so young. Someone above was curious about whether he'd be able to adapt to the Premier League 'pace and physicality', he's a tough little bastard, there'd be no problem there.
He'd be a good acquisition no doubt, but it won't happen, it would make no sense for PSG, he's the future for them and he's rated very highly. |
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19th February 2013, 09:51
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19th February 2013, 10:57
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Oh, by the way, the salary thing seems more than likely: less than a week ago, his agent (Donato Di Campli) said that he wasn't paid enough and should be on the same wages as most of the other players.
At the moment, he's on 100.000 € a month apparently, so 25.000 € a week (about £20K/week). |
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19th February 2013, 11:06
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Ah well, I actually found the agent's interview in extenso, here goes:
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"I'll be in Paris for the PSG-OM game. Leonardo and I will speak for Marco to stay a long time at PSG. But Marco must be treated like all the other PSG players. He's got a contract until 2017 and until then, normally, there won't be any major changes. But beware! I think it's also in PSG's best interests, not to offer Marco a contract extension but to put him on the same level as the other players. We'll talk about that with Leonardo and it's normal because Marco shouldn't be penalised within the team. If we don't come up with a increase in wages, I think that could be a problem. If PSG can't doesn't satisfy our expectations, there are other teams that are interested in signing Marco and after, it's the transfer market... The next meeting with Leonardo will be instrumental for Marco's future even if we're confident. There's no urgency. A lot of Italian clubs have contacted me, but not only Italian clubs. The big clubs in Spain and in England as well. Barça and Manchester United are interested. Ferguson likes Marco a lot. That's why Paris must increase his salary." Sounds like a right cunt. |
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