Marco Verratti will attend Monaco vs Juventus, says agent

The agent of Marco Verratti has denied there is a meeting planned with Juventus to discuss a summer transfer but has confirmed the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder will be in attendance to watch their clash with Monaco on Wednesday night.

Juventus have been long-term admirers of Verratti and would jump at the chance to bring the midfielder back to Italy for the first time since he left Pescara to join PSG in 2012.

The 24-year-old’s current PSG deal isn’t due to expire in 2021 but his agent, Donato Di Campli, has warned the Ligue 1 giants that his client can not just settle for Ligue 1 titles throughout his career and has dreams of winning bigger things.

“The president said that Marco will remain at Paris Saint-Germain and we have to take that into account,” he told Sky Italia, via Football Italia. “He is an important player for the Parisians, he has a contract until 2021, but we will be reflecting on the situation. We will speak with the club and try to understand their plans.

“There is an insurmountable obstacle to his departure and it’s PSG, who consider him fundamental. However, I say he must be treated like the best player in the squad, not the bottom of the pile.

“We don’t have any meetings with Juventus. We will be at the game tomorrow and there is no meeting with Juventus planned. At the moment the chances of this move are zero, but he is 24 years old and has to start winning if he wants to be champion.

“With all due respect to Ligue 1, that cannot be his objective. If we think that’s the target, then it’s all wrong.”

Verratti has also been linked with a summer move to Chelsea and Barcelona at stages throughout the current campaign but it would require a huge fee to prize him away from a club that has no interest in selling their best midfielder.

Only PSG teammate Thiago Motta (91.9) averages more passes per game than Verratti (86.4) in Ligue 1 this season.

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