Luis Enrique was reportedly critical of Marco Verratti’s lifestyle, which prompted him to exile the Italian from his Paris Saint-Germain squad.
The PSG manager, along with sporting director Luis Campos, reportedly informed Verratti in the summer that he was surplus to their plans and free to leave the club.
Though Luis Enrique liked the Italian midfielder’s playing style.
It was his lifestyle that the manager was not particularly a fan of.
Luis Enrique had even told the player “You are the prototype of the player I hate”, according to Le Parisien.
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After 11 years, Verratti eventually made the decision to quit PSG after being cut from the team.
He left for Qatar to join Al-Arabi.
The Ligue 1 champions reportedly received a sum of €45m from the Qatari club for the midfielder.
