Umi had been locked up at the hospital for a couple of days. Her spectacular grades had given her the chance to became the youngest intern at the surgery department. She was very proud, it had been her target since the moment she began her studies, but it was really exhausting. Ree and I complained and joked, saying she seemed to have permanently moved to the hospital.

The moment she appeared, we knew something was wrong. Her eyes were puffy and red and she was fighting the tears.ANALYSIS

By Kris Voakes | Italian Football Editor

Paris Saint-Germain created headlines recently by snapping up Napoli's Ezequiel Lavezzi and AC Milan's Thiago Silva, and while the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has grabbed the spotlight in the last few days, their purchase of Marco Verratti has caused no small waves in Italy, as the youngster many have touted as 'the next Andrea Pirlo' is added to the fastest growing pool of talent in world football.

Verratti is a diminutive deep-lying midfielder blessed with great vision and an excellent passing range, making comparisons with Pirlo both obvious and inevitable, particularly with Pescara's run to Serie A coinciding with a Pirlo-inspired Juventus winning the Scudetto.However, Maisani feels that labelling Verratti as ‘the new Pirlo’ is a little misleading."In terms of his position on