Reported €45m fee is record purchase for Qatari leagueVerratti made 416 PSG appearances and won 30 trophies
The Italy midfielder Marco Verratti has signed for Qatari side Al-Arabi, ending his 11-year stay at Paris Saint-Germain. Verratti’s transfer fee is reportedly around €45m (£38.6m) – a record for the Qatar league.
Verratti, who turns 31 in November, signed for PSG from Serie B outfit Pescara in the summer of 2012. He went on to win Ligue 1 nine times while also helping the French club reach the final of the 2019–20 Champions League, where they were beaten 1-0 by Bayern Munich.
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