Verratti agent calls for calm over 'new Pirlo'

The diminutive 19-year-old made his senior debut for the Delfini in 2008 and has made 74 appearances in his four years with the club, netting twice.

His performances have not gone unnoticed, with Pescara claiming the likes of Genoa, Inter Milan, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City are all interested in the midfielder, dubbed the 'new Andrea Pirlo'.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.