Manchester United failed with a transfer of £ 15 million for the international midfielder Adrien Rabiot in France in the summer of 2022 after a disagreement on personal conditions
Manchester United did not succeed in signing Adrien Rabiot three years ago after having made a “very disrespectful” requirement. According to Rabiot's mother Véronique, who acts as his agent and was responsible for running the negotiating table in 2022.
At the time, United had agreed an initial reimbursement of £ 15 million to sign the French international of Juventus. But the transfer stabbed and eventually collapsed in the midst of reports that the wage requirements of Rabiot were the problem.
Erik ten Hag wanted to achieve a deal for the central midfielder, but the lack of Champions League football from United was a bottleneck. Rabiot left Juve, who played in the best club competition in Europe, for United, who set up for a campaign in the Europa League after sixth the season before ending.
The then 27-year-old and Véronique were accused in the media of greedy and accused of the move that collapsed. Eventually he stayed with Juve for another two years before he came to Marseille last summer on a free transfer and Véronique now pushed back against the story about the failed United Move in an interview with L'Equipe.
“That is also completely incorrect,” she said about the allegations of greed on wage requirements. “That year Adrien was ready to leave Juve, who had qualified for the Champions League, for Manchester United, who hadn't done that.
“We discussed the conditions, and in the end they said to me:” If we are not eligible for the Champions League at the end of next season, Adrien's salary will fall. ” I thought that was really exaggerated and very disrespectful.
“I said,” We stop. ” They thought it was a strategy to get more [money]. But no, it was a matter of principle, no money. It is clear that it surprised them. They are not used to it. “
Reports The moment Rabiot asked for a wage increase of € 7 million (£ 6 million) per season to € 10 million (£ 8.6 million). That would have put him entirely in the middle of the wage structure of United at the time, well among top earners Cristiano Ronaldo, David de Gea and Jadon Sancho.
Véronique was beaten in September by the French agent Bruno Satin after supervising the move from Rabiot to Marseille, rather than to Atletico Madrid. “It is the result of the incompetence of the people who accompanied him there,” Satin told RMC Sport.
“He is advised by his mother and it shows that it is good to be accompanied by professionals, because if he was accompanied by a professional, he would be in a European top ten club and what is more, he was free.
“The first is to get his opinion and find out what he wants to do. But it would be more interesting to ask him at the end of May because now now [at the end of August]He did the MarktRondes.
“To take a concrete example, I had the sports director of Atletico Madrid at the end of July and he told me:” I had two conversations with the mother and I stopped immediately because she explained where her son should play. “It quickly fascinates all the professionals, it's unbearable.”