History only lasted a season. Adrien Rabiot is asked to leave OM. The Marseille club confirmed that it has placed the French community on the list of transfers after its altercation with Jonathan Rowe in the locker room, Friday evening, after the defeat against Rennes (0-1).
“There was a meeting (with Medhi Benatia and Pablo Longoria), but it was not indicated to him that he had to leave the club. We were only informed this (Tuesday) Midi that the coach was ok to leave the club ”explains his lawyer Me Palao on RMC Sport.
A turnaround that leaves the rabiot clan stunned. “It is very surprising, it is incomprehensible, Adrien has been ultra-involved in the OM project for almost a year, he has been very attached to it. After the facts that took place, Adrien thought that in coming back from the weekend, we had passed on it and that we were going to resume training. When we learned this afternoon that he was on the list of transfers, we have clearly fallen from the wardrobe »continues Me Palao.
For the Olympian management, the red line was crossed. The altercation with Rowe would have exceeded the simple stormy exchange. Insults were shot in the locker room and blows were even traded. The tricolor environment is accused of having been the most aggressive, pushing the Longoria-Benatia-de Zerbi trio to act its eviction: Rabiot should no longer replay with OM.
“A mounted story”
However, the player's clan denounces a biased version. “What the club communicated, we necessarily have doubts. When the club indicates that the player has had a behavior that has changed lately, it is completely false. One has the impression that there is a story that has a little mounted, we use the episode on Friday to oust Adrien. It is the most total misunderstanding “insists Me Palao.
The future of the middle of 30 years now seems to be taking shape away from the Canebière. “It is clear that if the club no longer wants to continue with it, it will be complicated to do the OM season. We will have to turn to other horizons, it is the law of football ”recognizes his lawyer. In addition to Juventus, where Massimiliano Allegri has long considered it a key element, AC Milan is also mentioned as a serious track. Contacts would have been made this summer between the player and the Lombard club, fueling speculation around his future.
It remains to find a financial agreement. Marseille hopes to recover nearly 15 million euros, but if no satisfactory offer arrives, the club could push the tricolor to the reserve.
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