The French media and the lawyers of the former Juve were perplexed in front of the motivations of Marseille, who put it out and on the market not only for the dispute with the partner
A purely disciplinary decision. A frame. The versions on the causes of divorce between Marseille and Adrien Rabiot diverge, depending on the sources. On the one hand there is the club, which clarified the reasons for the breakdown in a statement. On the other, the entourage of the player and his lawyer in particular who pointed his finger at the company. In the middle, the midfielder first placed out of pink, for a quarrel with his teammate Rowe, and officially on sale since yesterday, ten months from the world championship and the expiry of the contract, but with a good price on the market. Marseille has to collect 15 million euros, thus freeing itself from an engagement of about 5 million net.
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The general amazement of the media remains for an episode that seemed could be resolved with a progressive reinstatement of Rabiot in view of Saturday’s match against Paris FC. Also on Friday’s quarrel, after the defeat of the debut in Rennes (1-0), the versions do not match. A quarrel as sometimes happens in the changing rooms, says the French lawyer, and that should remain inside the club, repressable at the limit with a salty fine. For the club it was an “inadmissible behavior”. President Longoria has redeemed the dose, speaking of “an event of extreme gravity and violence, something unprecedented”. According to the reconstruction of the newspapers, Rabiot was initially interposed between Rowe and the goalkeeper Rulli. The Englishman, however, would have in turn pulled it in the middle, and the situation would have degenerated: the two were separated from his companions, but also by De Zerbi and DS Benatia. Once the calm is back, when the locker room was almost empty by now, Rowe would return inside and a new brawl would take place that led to the intervention of the safety workers.
reproaches
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On Monday evening, the club announced to both players who were out of pink and also on the market. For Rabiot’s lawyer, however, the insertion of his client on the list of sales was communicated only on Tuesday at noon. And the manager in charge would have motivated the decision, underlining how De Zerbi reproaches him a drop in commitment, since the summer retreat in the Netherlands.
All after a period of negotiation for the renewal that would have caused some tension to the high floors. Evaluation that the player’s entourage denies, and in contrast with the reputation of Rabiot, maniacal in his approach to the profession and often praised also by the Italian technician during the season. And also on Friday, when De Zerbi explained at the press conference that the defeat was certainly not Rabiot’s fault. All this feeds an atmosphere of perplexity and suspicions, bringing out the hypothesis of a precise strategy by the club to free themselves perhaps of a heavy engagement, estimated at the five million with the bonuses, and of a player under contract until June, when he could then lose him at zero euros. Marseille evaluates the midfielder 15 million euros and has probably been on the trail of a potential substitute for some time. In recent weeks there had been talk of an interest in a new Milan Bennacer loan, a team coached by Allegri, one of Rabiot’s mentors. For the moment there are no contacts, not even with Juventus, and waiting for offers from Spain and England, an interest in the monk is also evoked.
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