Marco Verratti has suggested he could spend the rest of his career with Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.
The 23-year-old Italy international midfielder moved to the French capital from Pescara in 2012 and won his fourth consecutive top-flight title this season.
Despite the one-sided nature of PSG s dominance on the domestic stage, there is no sense of Verratti who penned a contract extension until June 2020 in February wanting a new challenge.
If I feel like I do now, I don t want to change teams because I don t know how I ll find it elsewhere, he told RMC Sport. Of course, there are other very strong teams, but PSG can become that way too.
I m already playing for a great team in a great city, so I don t see why I should leave. It s possible that I ll stay here for my whole career.
When I first came here I didn t get on too well for the first months, I found the city very big. People are very, very cold compared to Italians.
But now I think maybe I ll live here when I finish my career. My son was born here, I feel good in Paris.
Another familiar theme of recent seasons has been the manner of PSG s Champions League exits, with last month s loss to Manchester City their fourth consecutive defeat at the quarter-final stage.
I hope to win the Champions League with PSG one day, Verratti added. That s my objective because we ve already won everything in France.
It s very important to go further in the Champions League. That s what we have to do more in the coming years.
