Quotes from Marco Verratti

The important thing is to give everything and to have no regrets.

I prefer to play with pressure rather than being relaxed.

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.

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

I made a sporting choice by signing in Paris. In terms of football, I have everything I need here. There are great players and great ambitions.

Every Italian wants to play in Serie A.

In Italy there is less faith in youth but I believe that if a player is good enough then he should play regardless.

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.

Neymar could have earned just as much from Manchester City or Chelsea.

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

On the outside, maybe trophies are minimised, but, for us, these are true goals.

Our dream is, of course, to win everything, but we all know that football is a difficult sport and that you don't win trophies by giving interviews.

Mbappe? He has clear ideas. We have seen him grow incredibly day after day. He has the right mentality to establish himself at the top without getting lost along the way.

I have played against greats, like Ronaldo and Hazard. But I love watching Messi's touch of the ball, his style.

My dream five-a-side team will be: me, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Maxwell and Thiago Motta.

Work hard but with a smile, this is the best method.

Back when I played for Pescara I was sought after by a lot of clubs, but if I had ended up at Juventus I doubt they would have given me the same space that I have with PSG.

Serie A is a great league, just like in Spain or England, so if one day if I were to leave Paris, I would evaluate and see what to do.

Ancelotti spoke to everyone as a person, not just in a coach-to-player way. That doesn't happen often in football.

I know how rewarding it is to play for the national team. It's the dream of every player.

When I was little, I loved Alessandro Del Piero, who made history with Juventus and the national team. And growing up, once I took to the pitch, I looked closely at what Andrea Pirlo was doing.

A great future stems from a great present, so I must take things one game at a time.

There's a lot of noise if we don't win everything, which also means that we're looked at as great players. We're under a lot of pressure.

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.