{"id":289804,"date":"2023-09-13T22:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289804"},"modified":"2023-09-13T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:21:18","slug":"verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Marco Verratti joins Qatar side Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit&#8230; as Italian midfielder pens emotional farewell to fans of the Ligue 1 side<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verratti has sealed his exit from PSG as he penned a deal with Al-Arabi\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The midfielder is the latest player to ditch Europe for the Middle East\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off &#8216;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Italy midfielder Marco Verratti has left Paris St Germain to join Qatari side Al-Arabi, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Verratti has signed a three-year deal with the Qatar Stars League club, who have paid a reported \u00a339million for the 30-year-old, according to the Italian media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was very proud to wear the colours of Paris St Germain for more than a decade, to rub shoulders with so many great players, and to win 30 trophies,&#8217; Verratti told the club website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Paris, the Club and its supporters will always have a very special place in my heart. I will be Parisian forever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Verratti, who has never played in Italy&#8217;s Serie A, joined PSG in 2012 from his hometown club Pescara. The Ligue 1 side paid 12 million euros ($12.87 million) for the then 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/22\/75269167-0-Marco_Verratti_is_set_to_sign_for_Al_Arabi_after_a_verbal_agreem-a-3_1694640761007.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marco Verratti has left Paris St Germain to join Qatari side Al-Arabi\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/22\/75269171-0-It_was_previously_reported_that_he_had_decided_to_make_a_U_turn_-a-4_1694640764011.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Verratti has signed a three-year deal with the Qatar Stars League club\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/22\/75269169-0-However_it_s_understood_that_he_will_travel_to_Doha_in_the_next_-a-6_1694640769923.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 11 seasons at PSG, Verratti played in 416 matches, the second highest appearance maker in their history\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>In 11 seasons at PSG, Verratti played in 416 matches, making him the club&#8217;s second highest appearance maker behind Jean-Marc Pilorget.<\/p>\n<p>He helped PSG win nine league titles, a record in Ligue 1, along with six French Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Verratti has not been part of new manager Luis Enrique&#8217;s plans following the recent departures of players inclusing Lionel Messi, Neymar and Mauro Icardi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Marco will forever be linked to Paris Saint-Germain,&#8217; said Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has always been there for the Club, giving his whole heart on the pitch and achieving so many great things with us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Verratti has won 55 international caps, scoring three goals. He was in the Italy squad who won Euro 2020, starting the final in which they beat England in a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Arabi finished runners up to Al-Duhail in last season&#8217;s Qatar Stars League and have started this season with three draws. The Qatari transfer window remains open until Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12515675\/Marco-Verratti-Al-Arabi-PSG-transfer-Qatar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Verratti joins Qatar side Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit&#8230; as Italian midfielder pens emotional farewell to fans of the Ligue 1 side Verratti has sealed his exit from PSG as he penned a deal with Al-Arabi\u00a0 The midfielder is the latest player to ditch Europe for the Middle East\u00a0 Listen to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marco Verratti joins Qatar side Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit&#8230; as Italian midfielder pens emotional farewell to fans of the Ligue 1 side Verratti has sealed his exit from PSG as he penned a deal with Al-Arabi\u00a0 The midfielder is the latest player to ditch Europe for the Middle East\u00a0 Listen to [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Robert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Verratti-joins-Al-Arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-PSG-exit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Robert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/\",\"name\":\"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Life Tale\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Robert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Robert\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale","og_description":"Marco Verratti joins Qatar side Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit&#8230; as Italian midfielder pens emotional farewell to fans of the Ligue 1 side Verratti has sealed his exit from PSG as he penned a deal with Al-Arabi\u00a0 The midfielder is the latest player to ditch Europe for the Middle East\u00a0 Listen to [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/","og_site_name":"Sports Life Tale","article_published_time":"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00","author":"Robert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Verratti-joins-Al-Arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-PSG-exit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Robert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/","url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/","name":"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit - Sports Life Tale","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-13T22:21:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/verratti-joins-al-arabi-on-three-year-deal-after-sealing-psg-exit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Verratti joins Al-Arabi on three-year deal after sealing PSG exit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/","name":"Sports Life Tale","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Robert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Robert"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}