With a market value of 18 million euros, Adrien Rabiot is one of the most valuable professionals with an expiring contract. It is still unclear whether the midfielder, who moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Juventus Turin on a free transfer in 2019, will continue to play for the Bianconeri beyond the summer. After stays in France and Italy, however, the 27-year-old World Cup participant would welcome a transfer to England.
“The Premier League excites me. I’ve always said I want to play there,” Rabiot said (quoted via Fabrizio Romano) at a press conference at the French national team. “Will it be at the end of my contract with Juve? I do not know. I don’t have a favorite team in England, nor a team I really want to play for.” A move to the island would not be new territory for the left-footed player, who played in the youth ranks of Manchester City in the second half of 2008.
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Rabiot, who has appeared 16 times for Juve this season, collecting five goals and two assists and is now a long way from his former top market value of 50 million euros, was a serious topic at city rivals Manchester United last summer . The “Red Devils” are said to have backed down on the home straight, although according to media reports both clubs had already agreed on a fee of 15 million pounds (18 million euros) for the transfer of the professional. According to information from the English journalist David Ornstein from “The Athletic”, the English giants were not prepared to pay the salary called for in the negotiations by Rabiot’s mother and advocate Veronique.
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Accordingly, the gap between the player’s claim and United’s pain threshold was too big. Rabiot earns 7 million euros net per season with the “Old Lady”, which makes him one of the top earners at his club. According to the “Guardian”, his mother had pushed for a wage that exceeded that of Manchester’s best earners such as Bruno Fernandes (rumored weekly wage: 285,000 euros).
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