The Frenchman has always been proposed as a starter by Allegri, with the exception of the first half in Florence in which he was struggling with a problem in his foot and the period of the calf injury
The irreplaceable player is ready to continue like this until the end of the season, that is (almost) always a starter, never replaced and with a very high performance. As evidenced by his average rating (6.64 for the Gazzetta dello Sport), in Serie A among those who have at least five appearances lower only than that of teammate Luka Modric (6.76). Adrien Rabiot pushes hard for Milan’s Italian comeback. In the locker room, but above all on the pitch where at the beginning of 2026 he has further raised the level of his performance, almost single-handedly overcoming Como (a brace plus a penalty won) and allowing the Devil to take home three very important points in a direct clash for the Champions League.
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Allegri was his first sponsor: he asked for him as a reinforcement before signing the contract with the club of via Aldo Rossi (in June Adrien was considered untransferable by Marseille) and he returned to the role after the defeat against Cremonese because his pupil had been left out of the squad by Olympique thanks to the altercation in the locker room with Rowe. Furlani and Tare closed the operation quickly and Max did… the rest: he inserted him into the starting lineup and never removed him again, with the exception of the away match in Florence, when he came on in the second half because he was dealing with a problem in his foot. The Duke is irreplaceable because he brings Allegri-thinking to the field, with his bursts he raises the team’s center of gravity and never forgets to run backwards to close the spaces. In short, he is the most… cheerful of the Rossoneri and it is no coincidence that he was one of their captains when they were both in Turin, at Juventus, and won the 2023-24 Italian Cup. Rabiot arrived in Milan at the end of the transfer window, i.e. after the first two days of the championship had already been played, and missed another five matches due to the calf injury suffered against France. The other matches? He has always been a starter, apart from the spell in Florence, where he was spared in the opening 60 minutes. With him on the pitch the Devil never lost. At least in Serie A. Because Rabiot also worked overtime in the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup: three more appearances with another full minute. Only he lost twice in the cups, ruining his unbeaten run in the league.
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Yesterday Rabiot was in the group in the training that the team carried out at Milanello in the late morning (video session in the afternoon) and at Dall’Ara on Tuesday he will lead the midfield again aiming to improve his scoring score. So far he has scored three goals, all away: one in Turin against the Granata and two in Como. At the beginning of the Rossoneri adventure he dreamed of improving his seasonal record which dates back to 2022-23, when with Allegri on the bench he beat the opposing goalkeeper 11 times. The goal is far away because it was only unlocked in December and because three seasons ago he also had European cups at his disposal with Juventus. Maybe he will succeed next year, if Milan is in the Champions League again and will therefore have achieved the objective set by the club. That entry into the top four that Max doesn’t take for granted at all. Rabiot listens to the master, or rather his footballing father, and certainly does not set a different goal, but he has returned to Italy to win. The championship celebrated under the Mole with Sarri is far away (2019-20). The second star with the Devil led by Allegri would have a sweeter and more unforgettable flavor.
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