Marco Verratti

“The Champions League is made up of cycles and experience to be acquired.”

“If you take the pleasure of risk away from me, I'd be better off going home.”

“Some say we play at PSG for the money but it's not the case. If a player plays for money, he'll go to China.”

“I don't care about who's playing alongside me. I'll try to do my best and then the coach will make his evaluations.”

“The Premier League is really strong but I'm not a player who likes new challenges just for the sake of it.”

“We have to find the strength to pick ourselves up. We have to be men.”

“Coming to training with a straight face, it does not work.”

“We Italians are very superstitious so before the game we prefer to predict that the opponents will win.”

“No, I don't play for a side who have transitional seasons.”

“Often, when a player loses his starting place, he is a little left out.”

“I've never played with someone so strong and I probably never will again in my career. Zlatan is one of the best three in the world, it's an honour to have him at PSG.”

“When a player chooses to play for PSG he is also choosing a project that may one day win the Champions League. In this town, that will mean five times more than winning it at another club.”

“Some of the yellow cards I get are for tactical fouls, which is fair enough, but I don't like the others - the ones for protesting.”

“We have to avoid putting too much pressure on ourselves.”

“Clearly I am pleased to be of interest to a club like Juve, but I repeat I am very happy in Paris.”

“Football has changed - you need a great team, not just one player. No one can make the difference alone.”

“Every Italian wants to play in Serie A.”

“I have known a lot of coaches, but Tuchel gets to get into the players' heads quickly. You want to listen to him. And give 100% because he gives himself thoroughly.”

“I had the pleasure of getting to know David Beckham, an icon of football and beyond that. He's a great person, but I had no idea he was such a shy guy. Sometimes when you speak to him he blushes. It's very strange, he's famous around the world but in private he is very shy.”