Marco Verratti says second-best not enough for PSG before Arsenal clash
The Italy midfielder Marco Verratti has rejected suggestions Paris Saint-Germainare in a transitional period as the French club, rattled by a sloppy start to the new campaign, prepare to host Arsenal in the Champions League.
The summer appeared to mark a change in policy at PSG as the club’s Qatari owners, rather than bankrolling a new wave of lavish signings, sanctioned thesale of David Luiz back to Chelsea and opted against offering Zlatan Ibrahimovic a new contract. The new head coach, Unai Emery, who replaced Laurent Blanc in June, has come in for stinging criticism already from sections of the French media after his side, hamstrung by injuries, lost to Monaco and were held by Saint-Etienne at Parc des Princes last Friday.