Official: Pescara keep Verratti

Marco Verratti was wanted by Juventus, Roma, Napoli and more, but Pescara and the player today confirmed he is “definitively off the market.”

The 20-year-old midfielder is nicknamed the ‘new Andrea Pirlo’ and was part of Cesare Prandelli’s long-list for the Euro 2012 Italy squad.

Negotiations were on-going with Juve for several weeks and Napoli were hoping to intercept with an offer of their own.

However, today both the player and Pescara released statements silencing the transfer gossip.

“I am staying at Pescara and respecting the contract I have with the club. I haven’t signed for or made agreements with anyone. Now we can think about Serie A!” wrote Verratti on his Facebook page.

The club also released a statement on the official Pescara website.

“This morning the directors of Pescara met with Marco Verratti and his agent. In this meeting the player confirmed his desire to stay with the Biancazzurri, having renewed his contract in January that will tie him to the side for another four years.

“Taking into account the player’s intentions, Pescara announce they have definitively taken the midfielder off the market.”

http://football-italia.net/20308/official-pescara-keep-verratti

Four years? Wow. I hope he doesn't stay there that long.

so what do we do w/ that aussie that we supposedly signed from some turkish club to be part of the veratti deal?

They want to keep him and next summer his price will be min 20 mil if he keep playing like this

Pescara and Veratti can *bleep* right off now.

Maybe Juve of 2-5 seasons ago would take this shit and panic-offer a sum of 20mill but moratta has more sense than this.

If anything WE should see how a SERIE B team and player does in SERIE A first before claiming he's anyone's vice, not to mention the heir to one of the best midfielders ever.

All this flirting and rumours to end so quickly without any sort of outcome has been a major waste of time for juventus.

And also, that aussie can bugger off aswell. If pescara want him they can buy him themselves, we aren't a slave to any club. They really were trying to hold us to ransome over Veratti..