Adrien Rabiot explains his funny nickname

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By: Manu Tournoux

After only one year spent at Olympique de Marseille, Adrien Rabiot (30 years old) returned to Italy. He found Massimiliano Allegri, his former coach at Juventus, at AC Milan. The two men like each other, so much so that the coach gave the Frenchman a nickname.

This is what he explained this Thursday in the Gazzetta dello Sport. “In Paris, I was “The Duke” and in Turin, I became “The Duke”. I like “Crazy Horse” (the nickname given by Allegri, editor’s note), it represents me well when I’m on the pitch… For Landucci, I’ve been “Sir” since my time at Juve, that sounds good.” The Duke therefore became the mad horse.