Olympique de Marseille is in turmoil while the aftermath of their opening day the defeat to defeat Rennais, to continue. Reports emerged after the game that Jonathan Rowe (22) and Adrien Rabiot (30) had been involved in an alleged physical argument in the dressing room after the 1-0 loss for ten-man Rennes.
Both players were then suspended for training, and it soon became clear that there was no future for both in the team. Rabiot's agent and mother, Véronique Rabiot, revealed to RTL that the club had contacted her son's lawyer to explain that Roberto de Zerbi no longer wanted him to be part of the team because of an observed 'lack of investments'.
Yesterday afternoon Marseille confirmed through a club statement that they had placed both players on the transfer list, making the decision because of their 'unacceptable behavior'. Last night the lawyer of Rabiot, Romualald Palao, went to the air waves to defend his client.
Palau said to the foot of RMC Sport: “It is very surprising, it is incomprehensible. Adrien has been extremely involved in the Marseille project for almost a year, and he is very attached to it. [the incident involving Rowe]Adrien thought when he returned from the weekend, we had continued and the training had resumed. When we learned this afternoon that he was on the transfer list, we were clearly stunned. '
Palau indicated that Rabiot would be willing to continue if Marseille would not change their vision and that they would be looking for a new project. However, he was surprised by the rating of the club of € 15 million: “You cannot indicate that you want to say goodbye to a player and then come and demand astonishing amounts, € 15 million is huge.”
He also doubts about Marseille's version of events and stated: “We clearly have doubts about what the club said. When the club says that the player's behavior has recently changed, it is completely incorrect. We have the impression that a little manufacture is going on and they use Friday's episode. It is a complete misunderstanding.”