The Frenchman ready to stay another year at the same figures. For the coach he is irreplaceable: decisive in Monza, now he is targeting Napoli
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Massimiliano Allegri’s irreplaceable player has a Riace Bronze physique and his hair is always tied up in a bun, which doesn’t always last the whole match. This is because Adrien Rabiot is someone who doesn’t hold back on the pitch, he runs for himself and for others and never mind if his curls sometimes become a whim. No one has ever had any doubts about his qualities, all the technicians who have had him at Continassa have always defined him as a boy with infinite potential. What he lacked in his first years at Juventus was continuity, which he found thanks to Max, with whom there is an unconventional harmony. For this reason Adri, as his teammates call him, chose this summer to stay at Juventus even though he could have left for nothing, accepting a renewal of just one year and at figures slightly higher than what he already earned (7 million). And for the same reason he could stop again, despite the possibility of leaving at zero and therefore getting a richer contract (perhaps in the Premier League, where he is highly appreciated), to complete that growth path that has allowed him to become a certainty of the French national team, as well as Juventus, and one of the strongest in his role.
from sarri to max
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Yet Rabiot had also thought about leaving the first year. “He didn’t play with Sarri and we considered the idea of taking him away in January,” said Veronique, the player’s mother-agent, who is very present in his life. Then Pirlo arrived and things improved, but Adrien made the real leap in quality thanks to Allegri, the coach he came to Turin for. Max had said yes to his job on a free transfer from PSG, but was then sacked and Rabiot had to wait for his return to the Lady’s court, two summers later, to be able to work with the coach who won 5 championships in a row at Juventus. Allegri had wanted him and Allegri pushed for him to stay this summer, intervening personally. Rabiot now feels at home at Juventus and at the moment has no intention of leaving. And she, his mother, just as she supported him once, will do so again, because she only wants what is good for him.
First contacts
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“It’s too early to talk about a renewal,” mother Veronique told Sportweek, but in reality there has already been some contact. The relationships are excellent, Federico Cherubini and Giovanni Manna followed the negotiations in June and now the director Cristiano Giuntoli has been added to the transfer team. We’ll talk about it again later, because a lot will depend on Juventus’ placement: Rabiot has agreed to remain without cups but after a year he wants to return. The Juventus management has already let the agent know that there is a desire to offer him another bridge agreement: a contract until 2025 at the current figures (8 million) which can be advantageous for everyone. For Adrien, who can always free himself at zero, and for Juventus who doesn’t have to spend money on the signing of another midfielder. Rabiot is currently focused only on the field. “We believe in the Scudetto, we talk about it in the locker room,” he said after the draw with Inter. With Monza he was decisive, first with the goal and then with the ride and the assist for Gatti’s scratch. Adrien is the second Juventus player for minutes played (1170, Bremer is in the lead with 1253) but only because the disqualification due to a number of yellow cards forced him to miss the match against Cagliari. Allegri never replaced him, not even when at the beginning of the season he didn’t have the same leg as he does now (due to an injury in the national team that forced him to miss training and the tour in the USA) because he can change the game at any moment. He never gives up and he proved it with Monza. He is the Juventus midfielder who has scored the most (2), without Danilo he wore the captain’s armband 5 times, transforming himself into a true leader: the fans appreciated the post in which he brings up Gagliardini, who had celebrated in his face after the 1-1. “He learns to be humble, because as long as the referee hasn’t blown the whistle everything is still possible.” The irreplaceable player has now also become a driving force: with Napoli there will be a great need for someone like him.
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