Pushed to the transfer following his fight with Jonathan Rowe last August, Adrien Rabiot had finally left OM to sign in AC Milan. And yet, the Marseille sports director Medhi Benatia explains that he made a proposal in the midfield of the French team, who could have stayed at OM if he had simply apologized.
The facts date back to August 15, while theWhether had just bowed to Rennes (1-0) on behalf of the 1st day of Ligue 1: a fight suddenly broke out in the locker room between Jonathan Rowe et Adrien Rabiot. The first was transferred to Bolognabefore the French international also left OM at the very end of market To sign at Milan AC. But the outcome could have been different to Rabiot…
“I really like Adrien”
Questioned in the columns of Monde, Medhi Benatia was delivered behind the scenes of the departure of Rabiot : « I am very close to Adrien, whom I really like. I always said it, before, during and after the episode. But unfortunately there was this event which, for me, went too far, and then degenerated when his family got involved … It is regrettable, because he is a beautiful person and a great professional. We would have liked it to be adjusted differently. Humanly, I’m just sad not to see him when arriving here … Here, I only wish him good “Indicates the sports director of theWhether.
Benatia’s offer
Et Benatia continues by indicating that he had made an offer to Rabiotwhich could have stayed at theWhether If he had apologized: ” If I made his transfer facilitated? Of course. I had only one desire in mind: to close the parenthesis, so as not to drag the file all year round. Either Adrien decided to do what it was necessary to reintegrate it, or we made things easier for him to go elsewhere. I chatted with him a few days before he left for selection, for a good hour. I felt that he was attached to OM, but that at the same time he believed that he had done my best to pick up the songs … so it was better to consider his departure “, Continues the Marseille leader.
