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I think he justifies it if he wins a Champions League with PSG.
I agree for Verratti. It's a real shame because he is so gifted. But Neymar doesn't use PSG as a stepping stone. He was bought to be the game changer/key player and lead them to european glory and win the Ballon d'Or. He has regressed and was injured for their big games 2 seasons in a row. His attitude and professionalism are very questionable too.He will never be top tier, and will remain a level below the likes of Mbappe and Neymar who use PSG as a stepping stone.
To be conservative - 12 years of £130k per week is like £83MILLION pre tax. Not including any endorsements outside of the weekly wage.Tbf given the short career lifespan of footballers you can probably say its not enough.
Really?? Two CL wins, ok that’s great but I’d still like to have a few proper domestic cups when I retired from the game if I had his ability.So what if it’s the French league ? The only problem is that they keep getting knocked out of the CL in the QF’s. nobody would question his decision if PSG won the CL say twice before 2024.
That is assuming that he scales down on his lifestyle, if not that money isn't going to sustain forever. We all know footballers aren't the most financially sound people. I think to many footballers, this is just a sport which they happen to be good at so you can't really blame him for milking every penny out of his career.To be conservative - 12 years of £130k per week is like £83MILLION pre tax. Not including any endorsements outside of the weekly wage.
That’s before a Chinese payday in his later years if needed.
No doubt he probably earns considerably more weekly... and would do so in all of the top three/four leagues.
Only difference being the fact he would be tested weekly and have the chance to reach his full potential and win something of note.
Nothing I hate more than wasted potential from players willing to settle for the easy option.
Win CL, cup & league with PSG & win a world cup with Italy will give him good chance to make him win ballon dor or at least be the top 3 candidate.He will never be top tier, and will remain a level below the likes of Mbappe and Neymar who use PSG as a stepping stone.
Yeap, a big IF though.I think he justifies it if he wins a Champions League with PSG.
Playing in an inferior league with only one team challenging can really affect the club culture and players' motivation to improve. The closest challenger Monaco already had their squad decimated. And we are talking about players that can win the league even without playing at their 100% and still get paid ridiculous wages. The fact that PSG has not made it past Round of 16 ever since they signed Neymar speaks a lot about this.Accepting the French league is the 5th strongest in Europe, I don't get this step-change in perception in how Verratti's career would be assessed if he moved to one of the 1st-4th best leagues in Europe. It would be a fairer point if he was coasting in China without any exposure to top-level opposition. But he routinely plays 10-12 Champions League ties a year as well as a handful of internationals for Italy where it's easy to appreciate his quality. Similarly, I would understand it more if those top leagues were much more competitive insofar as the best teams were jostling with a number of teams to reach 70-80 points to win the title. For example, the competitiveness of La Liga in the early 2000s or the strength in depth of Serie A in the 1980s and 1990s.
But these leagues are to all intents and purposes just as skewed as the French league. Bayern have won the Bundesliga 7 times in a row, Juventus and Serie A 8 times, Barcelona average 90-100 points a season, Man City are currently averaging 100 points a season. All of these leagues are seriously imbalanced. These top sides spend the vast majority of their domestic campaign dominating the ball to the tune of 70% possession whilst parked in the opposition's half against significantly inferior opponents. Verratti moving to any of the above sides isn't really going to change anything in what he does on the park, aside from arguably facing slightly superior domestic opponents (but still much inferior to the Champions League opposition he routinely dominates) and in a stronger side perhaps securing a better shot at winning a Champions League title. Ultimately the majority of top players in today's game spend the bulk of their domestic careers playing against relative minnows and their legacies are determined by what they do in the Champions League, international tournaments and the very rare domestic title decider. The game has changed and the genuinely competitive leagues with strength in depth no longer exist.
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Those moves! Go Verratti.
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Busquets?Serious question : is there a midfielder more pressure-resistant than Marco Verratti?
You're only 5 months lateThe hell! Just seen this.
Xavi and Pirlo but of the current lot, none.Serious question : is there a midfielder more pressure-resistant than Marco Verratti?
Quit smoking and drinking little owl, you're one of the most talented players in the world.
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I dont think there is, not in these tight spaces. Immense talent. If he had the mentality, he'd be in the Pirlo category. Him and Thiago are a bit similar in many aspects, but Verratti to me is a slight step above. My favourite midfielder to watchSerious question : is there a midfielder more pressure-resistant than Marco Verratti?
Quit smoking and drinking little owl, you're one of the most talented players in the world.
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Xavi and Pirlo but of the current lot, none.
Thiago is perhaps at the same level.
Perhaps Busquets, Modric, Kovacic and Dejong come close.
I'd love to see him play for United, he is entertaining to watch.
The big problem with Marco is that he just can't score. All the coaches tried to tell him to shoot more ofter (with his right foot he should be able to score 5-7 goals per season) but his brain won't let him do it. Thiago isn't as good at protecting the ball but he's more of a threat close to the box.I dont think there is, not in these tight spaces. Immense talent. If he had the mentality, he'd be in the Pirlo category. Him and Thiago are a bit similar in many aspects, but Verratti to me is a slight step above. My favourite midfielder to watch
Personally, i dont think the goalscoring matters if you have PSG's attack. I would encourage him to play his natural game.The big problem with Marco is that he just can't score. All the coaches tried to tell him to shoot more ofter (with his right foot he should be able to score 5-7 goals per season) but his brain won't let him do it. Thiago isn't as good at protecting the ball but he's more of a threat close to the box.
But yeah, he's so entertaining. His big problem is that he's far too italian when he argues with referees ^^
I probably say this every summer but is he not interested in going back to Serie A at all and dominating the midfield for one of the top clubs there? Surely not going to spend the rest of his career at PSG?
Just the 36 caps for Italy since 2012 aswell. Raheem Sterling made his debut same year and has 56. Just played in world cup 2014. For some Italians who don't watch foreign leagues he must remain a bit of a mystery.
Nope.Xavi and Pirlo but of the current lot, none.
Thiago is perhaps at the same level.
Perhaps Busquets, Modric, Kovacic and Dejong come close.
He is nothing like Zidane.He is somewhere between a hybrid of Pirlo and a Zidane. Would have been so good for us! Sad he is wasting all that talent in League1. Very entertaining to watch!
I love him, I wont mind signing him for 100m if he stays fit. An absolute gem of a player.The big problem with Marco is that he just can't score. All the coaches tried to tell him to shoot more ofter (with his right foot he should be able to score 5-7 goals per season) but his brain won't let him do it. Thiago isn't as good at protecting the ball but he's more of a threat close to the box.
But yeah, he's so entertaining. His big problem is that he's far too italian when he argues with referees ^^
No offense but if he wants to realise his potential he should leave PSG. Smoking and drinking has nothing to do with itSerious question : is there a midfielder more pressure-resistant than Marco Verratti?
Quit smoking and drinking little owl, you're one of the most talented players in the world.
I agree with what you say about Paris and France however I think it's fair for people to want to see how good players like that can be playing at the absolute highest level week in week out.You understimate the joy, comraderie and feeling of belonging that comes from living in a diverse place like Paris and moreso France. More nationalities settle in France than any other part of Europe with Italians being a large portion of those.
In any case the club he is at currently pays him more than any italian club could and they are currently bigger than any italian club as well.
The french league is improving, all it lacks is the investment in clubs other than PSG and that is now happening with Marseille, Paris FC and others.I agree with what you say about Paris and France however I think it's fair for people to want to see how good players like that can be playing at the absolute highest level week in week out.
Would be fantastic to see him in Spain or England as it does feel like he's wasted in France.
For richer folk the lure is magnetic but at more modest income levels the rest of France is much better, with Lyon and Toulouse as excellent alternatives.Having been there I don’t see the lure of Paris as a place to live, I really don’t. But each to their own.