«At PSG players are like in prison, they blackmail you. Marco wanted Barcelona, ​​but he was afraid »-Corriere.it

There is no peace for PSG, engulfed in the controversies of recent weeks. Ranging from Kylian Mbappé’s desire to flee on a free transfer in the summer of 2024 to the non-football events of President Nasser Al Khelaifi up to the doubts, this is what the French media tell us, of Luis Enrique towards Donnarumma.
Now come the heavy accusations of Donato Di Campli, Marco Verratti’s agent until 2017.

The midfielder, and it is there for all to see, is not having a happy time in Paris with the PSG shirt. In fact, he seemed to have ended up on the market complete with a Manchester City survey or, as now happens to the many champions, of interest from the Arabs. Di Campli, interviewed by the portal I releaserecounted what was his experience when his client was about to move to Barcelona in 2017: «The PSG’s attitude is always one of blackmail. We had decided to go to Barcelona. Obviously, the Emir didn’t like it.
Al Khelaifi also told me that if I kept trying to do the deal with Barça, Verratti would have prevented me. And that’s how it turned out. I’m sure Marco was afraid, he won’t admit it, but that’s how it is”, her words. To then launch very heavy accusations against the PSG leaders: «In Paris the players are imprisoned, they never do what they want but what the club wants. It’s a prison and there’s blackmail. My experience with them is bad. They are only interested in money. It is a club that has no soul. They don’t let them leave because the Emir and Al Khelaifi think that everything is “purchasable”, that they can conquer the world only with money».

A thought, among other things, already expressed in the past by of Campli. Who has always accused the PSG of having forced Verratti to change his agent six years ago. A concept also reiterated in an interview in 2021: «Marco wanted to go to Barcelona. They were offering a lot of money but that wasn’t the point. Playing with Messi, becoming a champion, which is different from being a great player. PSG are one of the biggest teams in the world, but play in a weak league. I told Marco that if he wanted to become a champion he had to change his surroundings. Nothing against PSG, but it’s easier to become one at Bayern, Barça or Real. But the choice was up to him. However, when he realized that it was not possible, he was afraid. He was afraid that he would be left without playing. When he returned to Paris they told him “Let’s take Neymar and renew your contract, but you have to leave your agent”. And so it was.