Rowe before changing Bologna
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Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe in the Olympique Marseille cabin compared coach Roberto de Zerbi with a pub fight. At a press conference, De Zerbi asked how an employer should react if employees were beating “as in an English pub”.
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Olympique Marseille
€ 25.00 million
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€ 12.00 million
Central midfield
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Left
30.06.2026
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The association had therefore put the two top performers on the transfer list at Stade Rennes after the lost season opener last week. “It was a very real decision,” commented Marseillel’s coach. The players would not have knocked their teeth out, de Zerbi said. However, he would never have seen something like this in his career. The two should have separated the two. “Usually they should protect us from others, not from ourselves,” emphasized the coach, who also revealed that a teammate was on the ground during the incident – according to French media, it is said to have had a weakness.
Before Om’s game against Paris FC that was up to this Saturday, the coach said that one had to maintain his professionalism. De Zerbi also criticized Véronique Rabiot, mother and manager of Adrien Rabiot, who described the club’s decision in an interview with the newspaper “La Provence” as “completely disproportionate”. It also questioned the representation of the association of the incident in the changing room.
What happened? After Marseille lost the game in Rennes with 0: 1 despite superiority, there were reportedly several regular players, including Rabiot, striker Rowe in the cabin that he did not show enough effort in the game. As the broadcaster “RMC Sport” reported, Rowe did not want to let the allegations sit on him and it got out loud, many players screamed around. After a verbal exchange of blows with bad insults between Rabiot and Rowe, a fight is said to have occurred.
OM: ROWE after the incident before saying goodbye to FC Bologna
According to Rabiot, OM is reportedly demanding a transfer of 15 million euros, for Rowe it should be 20 million euros. While the former was only tied to the club until 2026, Rowe was only committed after a loan and equipped with a working paper by 2029. Since the incident, Rabiot has only been loosely associated with Galatasaray, with wing strikers Rowe it looks different.
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The 22-year-old is supposed to complete his medical check at Bologna FC. As a transfer fee, 17 million euros plus 2.5 million in bonuses are to be due, OM has also secured a ten percent resale clause. For comparison: Including rental fee, Marseille spent 16.5 million euros for Rowe.




