According to La Gazzetta Dello Sport, former PSG star Marco Verratti has acquired a 50% interest in Pescara, his former club. The deal is expected to be announced very soon.
More is known about the return of Marco Verratti to Pescara. As the Italian press announced a few months ago, the 32-year-old midfielder becomes a shareholder in his training club via Delfino Capital. According to information from La Gazzetta Dello Sport, he will even participate in the club's organizational map and he will have his own representative on the board of directors after he has taken over 50% of the shares.
No official statement has yet been released, but it must be made officially soon. The various parties hope to complete the details before the restart, since Pescara has been promoted and prepares to play in the series B. This is a positive development for the club, which has been getting away in series C for several seasons, in debt and consecutive management changes. Marco Verratti was also present at the competition that sealed the club's promotion.
Already in the business world
A resident of Pescara, the Italian grew up in Manoppello and made his professional debut in 2009 at the Pescara Club. In the 2011-2012 season, he and two other promising young people (Lorenzo Insigne and Ciro Immobile) led the team to the B-title series, even though the club did not play in the Italian flight for twenty years. He then joined PSG.
Since leaving the Paris club in 2023, I have been banned in Qatar since Marco Verratti has been in the business world. He has a restaurant in the 8th district of the capital, founded a company with his wife, Model Jessica Aidi, and was also launched in real estate with former teammates, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Free after his two seasons in Al-Arabi, the European champion at the Nazionale in 2021 just signed at Al-Duhail, second in the last Qatari championship.