The romance is alive Wackle MF, a former teammate of Lee Kang-in, invested 2 billion won to take over his former team that crashed in the third division

May 21, 2025

Source=Marco Verratti SNS Capture

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Marco Verratti (33, Al Arabi) returned to Italy as the owner of the world class midfielder.

According to an Italian newspaper 'Corriere della Sera' on the 20th (local time), Veraty plans to acquire a stake in Pescara, which belongs to Italy's Serie C (part 3) at the end of this month.

In recent weeks, negotiations have been underway with Pescara Chairman Daniele Sebastiani to invest 1.5 million euros (about 2.3 billion won) to acquire a 44 percent stake in the club, and negotiations have recently progressed rapidly.

Verratti, who moved from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to Al Arabi in the summer of 2023, is said to receive an annual salary of 30 million euros (about 47 billion won) from his current team. In other words, about one-tenth of an annual salary has been invested.

A friendly match between Paris Saint-Germain and Jeonbuk Hyundai was held at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium on the 3rd. Paris Saint-Germain Verratti. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2023.08.03/

Berati and Pescara have a special relationship. Berati was born in Pescara, played for the Pescara youth team and developed his skills in the Pescara first team from 2008 to 2012. In the 2008-2009 season, he made his first-team debut at the age of 15 years and nine months.

In the 2011-2012 season when Zdenek Zeman was coach, Pescara won promotion to Serie A with Veratti, who was an active deep-lining playmaker.

Veratti, whose stock price soared, including being selected for the Italian national team, was too big a vessel to remain in Pescara. Napoli, Rome, and PSG participated in the recruitment of Verratti, and in the summer of 2022, PSG offered a transfer fee of 12 million euros and embraced Verratti.

Verratti has won as many as 30 trophies in 11 years of unrestricted play in Paris. Lee Kang-in, who moved to PSG from Mallorca in the summer of 2023, formed a short friendship. He also visited Korea as a member of PSG. However, Al Arabi's big offer left him for Qatar. At the PSG club's grand farewell ceremony, he shed tears.

Source=Pescara SNS Capture

Now, Veratti has stepped up to save his hometown team and his old team, which have been relegated to the third division. Pescara is looking to advance to the Serie C playoffs and advance to the second division. If Berati acquires a stake in the club, other companies are likely to invest, according to local media. More than anyone else, Pescara fans are enthusiastic about the return of Veratti.

Pescara is a club well known for its ability to excavate gemstones. Verratti, Chiro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Gianluca Rapadula and Lucas Torreira have become the best players through Pescara.

In the final years of his career, Berati has been showing off his business side by investing in real estate in recent years and acquiring restaurants in Paris, as well as acquiring the Pescara club.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.