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Marco Verratti

Postby ArsenalNo1Fan » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:17 pm

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/08/09 ... d-maestro/

Arsenal Given Green Light to Sign £20m-Rated Italian Midfield Maestro


North London club want Azzurri creator to help take attacking burden off Wilshere next season.

Arsenal are hoping to be able to tie up the shock £20 million capture of highly rated Paris Saint-Germain midfield player Marco Verratti before the summer transfer window closes on Sept 2.

The north London club have been heavily criticised by both their own supporters, and the media in general, over their lack of transfer activity in the close season so far, especially after chief executive Ivan Gazidis had promised at the start of the summer that the Gunners would be spending heavily on several big-name recruits ahead of the new Premier League, with a view to finally making a push for the title.

However, as yet the only new arrival at the Emirates has been young France front man Yaya Sanogo, who was signed from Ligue 1 outfit Auxerre on a free transfer at the start of this month.

Gunners head coach Arsene Wenger has, of course, been busy trying to lure wantaway Liverpool forward Luis Suarez away from Anfield in recent weeks, but it is expected that any potential deal to sign the coveted Uruguay international will not be completed until after the club have confirmed their safe passage into next season’s Uefa Champions League group stage on Aug 28.


However, armed with a transfer war chest estimated to be worth a whopping £70m this summer, Wenger has been busy looking for alternative targets in recent weeks, safe in the knowledge that Suarez will be moving to the Emirates come what may next season.

And the Frenchman is understood to be desperate to strengthen in central midfield in the new campaign so as to be able to give injury-ravaged midfield playmaker Jack Wilshere less game time in the capital going forward.

Wenger is known to be hugely concerned that his young England international could break down again at any moment if he is given too much workload in the coming months, and that is a risk the manager is not prepared to take having already lost Wilshere for 14 months between July 2011 and September 2012.

Consequently, Wenger has made tentative inquiries with compatriot Laurent Blanc, who is now in charge of the Ligue 1 champions, to ascertain whether the big-spending Parisians would be at all willing to let the Italy international depart the Parc des Princes this summer.

And the noises coming out of the French capital this week have by all accounts been positive, with Blanc and Co understood to be happy to allow Verratti to move to Arsenal, for the right price that is.

The 20-year-old may have only just agreed a one-year contract extension with PSG, however, that renewal comes after several recent reports in both the French and Italian press had claimed that Verratti was unhappy at the French giants, and wanted to leave the club this summer to try out a new challenge in his career.

Wenger and Gazidis are both now expected to sit down with the Italian’s agent, Donato Di Campli, in Paris next week to thrash out personal terms on a proposed five-year contract worth £90,000 per week for Verratti in the capital next season.
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Arsenal Tone » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:22 pm

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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Reverend Gooner » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:23 pm

Anyone seen his talents before?
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Lucky7 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:35 pm

Based on just a cursory youtube and wiki reading he looks like a bit of a pitbull with quite the long range pass and tidy dribbling skills. Also...he has never played for the Azzuri, he's at PSG.
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby ArsenalNo1Fan » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:36 pm

Lucky7 wrote:Based on just a cursory youtube and wiki reading he looks like a bit of a pitbull with quite the long range pass and tidy dribbling skills. Also...he has never played for the Azzuri, he's at PSG.


i'm pretty sure he has
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby CaptGooner » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:40 pm

ArsenalNo1Fan wrote:
Lucky7 wrote:Based on just a cursory youtube and wiki reading he looks like a bit of a pitbull with quite the long range pass and tidy dribbling skills. Also...he has never played for the Azzuri, he's at PSG.


i'm pretty sure he has

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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Massa » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:41 pm

Yes please. The guy is one of the best young midfielders around. He's a regista so I assume he'll be Arteta's replacement?

Lucky7 wrote:Based on just a cursory youtube and wiki reading he looks like a bit of a pitbull with quite the long range pass and tidy dribbling skills. Also...he has never played for the Azzuri, he's at PSG.

Yes he has
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Lucky7 » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:43 pm

Ah fair enough, I wouldn't exactly call him a main man for them yet though. Looks tidy, actually reminds me of Wilshere with his tenacity and close dribbling.
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Hypergooner » Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:53 pm

Thought we werent quoting caughtoffside as a source because they print utter shit
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Highbury Hillbilly » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:16 pm

Hypogooner wrote:Thought we werent quoting caughtoffside as a source because they print utter shit


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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby pawiel » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:20 pm

not going to happen
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Massa » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:25 pm

Don't think so either. He'll be a starter this season:

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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Zenith » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:30 pm

pawiel wrote:not going to happen
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Sims » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:35 pm

Too good to be true.
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Re: Marco Verratti

Postby Callum » Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:39 pm

This guy is the gucking nuts. tore shit up on my FM13 save with arsenal.

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