Marco Verratti has completed ten years with Paris Saint-Germain. The Italian international looked back at this decade in a recent interview with the club’s website.
Marco Verratti, you are celebrating your 10th anniversary with PSG…
“Ten years in Paris is special. It’s something I would never have imagined. In today’s football, it’s a rare thing, but I’m very happy to reach this landmark with Paris Saint-Germain, it means a lot to me. I’ve had the opportunity to win a lot of trophies, and I hope to win even more in the future. I feel at home, when you stay at a club for 10 years, it’s because you really love it.”
How would you describe your relationship with the club?
“I feel at home, I feel happy and fulfilled. I get up in the morning and I’m happy to go to training, to see my teammates… Here, we have everything we need to be happy, we are in a great club, with incredible fans and a legendary stadium. At the Parc, whether I’m playing a league or Champions League match, I arrive as if it were the first time. I want to do it for the fans and all the love they have for us.”
In ten years, you must have changed a lot?
“Yes, I have changed a lot since I arrived, because I came here very young. First of all as a player, because this is where I found out about playing big games. I’ve learnt a lot from all the coaches and players I’ve worked with. And as a man too, I passed all the important stages in a man’s life here in Paris, my children were born here, I found love here… Everything has changed.”
