Olympique de Marseille announced it on Sunday evening at 10:20 p.m. on X. A few hours after the media revealed contacts established with Adrien Rabiot’s entourage, the Marseille club confirmed an agreement in principle with the 29-year-old French international. Free since the end of his contract at Juventus, his club for five seasons, but unable to find a place after Euro 2024 with the Blues, then as the end of the transfer window approaches, the left-hander trained at PSG is expected in Provence to sign his contract after having satisfied a medical examination.
As announced The Team and RMC a little earlier this Sunday evening, Rabiot would have shown interest in the Marseille project by accepting a two-year contract. Probably with emoluments revised downwards compared to Juventus. The thunderbolt is immense since the very solid left relay player pocketed 7 million euros per year at the Old Lady and his mother and agent Véronique has visibly asked for a slightly higher salary from the clubs interested in the player in recent months (Juventus, Premier League clubs besides Manchester United, Barça or even AC Milan).
Rabiot to complete an XXL transfer window
President Pablo Longoria has pulled off a pretty incredible move on the market, given that his team has not qualified for any European Cup this season. OM has already recruited Mason Greenwood and Elie Wahi for over 25 million euros each, Jonathan Rowe for 17 million, as well as Lilian Brassier, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Ismaël Koné for around ten million, and Geronimo Rulli, Derek Cornelius and Neal Maupay for 4 to 5 million. Frank McCourt’s club also had to sell and cede the big salaryman Jordan Veretout to OL.
In terms of sport, Roberto De Zerbi welcomes a new Champions League-level midfielder to partner Hojbjerg, who has quickly become the team’s boss on the pitch. Geoffrey Kondogbia has started the season well and will be a quality understudy like Valentin Rongier in this sector of the game, while Koné is able to play number 10, as announced by the Italian technician. Enough to allow Marseille to compete with PSG in the race for the title? The results are positive for now (three wins, one draw), but the team can still be much better.
