Quotes from Marco Verratti

There is always pressure at a big club like PSG. All the matches are important.

When great teams look at you it's always a source of pride. It means you're doing well and you're on the right track.

Every year rumours seem to emerge that I am going to Juventus, so this story has been going for a long time.

To achieve great goals, you all have to walk in the same direction.

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

Results are paramount, and when you don't win, it's easier to criticise the manager than the whole team.

If I was to leave Paris one day, I would have no problem going to Serie A.

My dream is to win here in Paris.

That a team like Barcelona thinks of you is a source of pride and forces you to work harder.

Ancelotti immediately understood me and put me in the right situation to adapt quickly. I was 18 and, at that age, it is difficult. He helped me a lot off the field, too. He advised me on how to behave. You can say he was a father to me in the footballing world.

It is quite difficult at PSG because when you lose a game there is a lot of pessimism.

Emery wants us to reach the goal in two phases, playing aggressive football.

I prefer entertaining football but having a personality like Costa in your team is always good. He uses warfare to win the games but I know him, he's a good guy who transforms when he comes on the pitch.

You can focus on one single match and celebrate, but you must not exaggerate, because there is another one.

On the pitch, I will always be at 100 per cent.

Juve are not a club who sell their champions.

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.

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

Our supreme goal is to win the Champions League, that's what we're here for.

A lot of the time I am told to clear the ball, kick it out, 'degager le ballon' they shout, but I can't do that and if I have to do that then it feels like a defeat for me. I don't know how to do it. I never get rid of the ball that way and when I am watching TV and I see players who do get rid of the ball then I don't accept it.

I'd rather not play football at all than have to change my style.

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 think Mancini did a huge job. He did very well wherever he coached. He has been criticised, sure, but again, that's part of the picture.

Being compared to such a player like Pirlo, a guy who has won everything in his career, that's very important for me. I'm very happy to be compared to Andrea.