Désiré Doué (19), summoned for the first time in the French team, was confronted with a thorny subject during his press conference on Tuesday: the insulting banners aimed at Adrien Rabiot during PSG-OM (3-1). Asked about this controversy, the Parisian kicked in touch with pragmatism. “You ask me a lot for a first selection”, he replied, smile in the corner, before adding: “I came here to play football, integrate myself well, hear myself with Adrien and the others, and perform on these two games. »» No condemnation of PSG ultras, no explicit support for Rabiot. A calculated silence, but revealing of his prudence.
Gifted, between loyalty to the club and moral duty
By refusing to take a stand, Goué avoids offending his club, while respecting the protocol of the Blues, where young people called are often encouraged to remain discreet on sensitive subjects. However, this silence could be perceived as a form of convenience, while Rabiot, captain of OM, was supported by several football personalities.
For the Parisian environment, the stake remains sporty: impressing Didier Deschamps during this internship, far from the media tumult. “He has his shoulders to manage this”, entrusts a teammate in selection. It remains to be seen whether this neutrality displayed will earn him internal criticism … or will credit it with early wisdom.
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The explosive context of banners
Sunday, the Ultras Paris collective (CUP), as a reminder, deployed a banner targeting Rabiot, evoking his mother and speculating on the identity of his father who died in 2019. Despite the “supporters, supporters” campaign to avoid slippages, the insults triggered the outrage of Véronique Rabiot, mother and advisor of the player. Contacted by Le Parisien, a member of the CUP assumed: “The goal was to shock Rabiot. We attack him and his mother, not his father. »» A defense that does not convince the authorities, PSG now risking disciplinary sanctions.
The same member of the CUP swept the criticisms, denouncing an “indignation with variable geometry”: “When Bradley Barcola was insulted his mother by Lyon supporters, no one is moving. There, everyone overplayed. »» A speech that may increase the sanction of the club, already under pressure after other incidents this season.
