Adrien Rabiot added fuel to the fire with PSG supporters. Having left on bad terms, the OM midfielder hardly appreciates the insulting remarks he has faced since signing for Marseille. He therefore made it known, as usual, he who has multiplied the clashes since the start of his career.
By signing to loonAdrien Rabiot once again attracted the wrath of supporters of the PSG. Since his departure from the capital, he had not spared his former club. He did it again on Sunday in Téléfoot. « I'm not going to lie to you, when I was at PSG, they didn't give me anything, they didn't give me any gifts. We haven't been behind me more than that while… Now, after 5 years at Juventus, to say 'we pampered him', yes, that… We have to stop… There was nothing. My last season, when I was in the closet, the supporters did not come to defend me to get me out of there. We must stop the hypocrisy. I made this decision. The only thing I don't understand is the lack of respect. We may not be happy, we may be disappointed, but it's the lack of respect and disrespect on the networks. That's something I don't accept. Did it touch me, did it hurt me? It's a bit sad to see these things, it's still just football. There are other more important things. It is above all this lack of respect that saddens me, more for others than for myself. Afterwards, that I was able to disappoint certain people who were attached to me, who had the Rabiot/PSG image, I can understand it,” he blurted. Enough to remember his most legendary clashes.
Disputes at PSG
Adrien Rabiot has a strong character, no matter who he faces. He argued twice with Zlatan Ibrahimovic au PSGonce in 2015 then a year later during training. The Swede had criticized the commitment of the Frenchman who had not given up. Thiago Silva had to separate them.
When renegotiating his contract, Adrien Rabiot had also made waves. During the negotiations, he allegedly demanded that he no longer play sentry before asking his leaders to recruit an understudy to Thiago Motta. Afterwards, Rabiot had the pressure to leave free, therefore not bringing any cent back to his training club.
In 2018, he stood out by saying what was on his mind following the defeat against the Real Madrid in Champions League. « The problem is that it's easy to score eight in Dijon, four or five in the league, but it's in these matches that you have to be decisive », declared Rabiot. The locker room didn't appreciate it much. But also in selection the new player of loon acted up.
Rabiot shuns the French team
Adrien Rabiot has a tumultuous history with the French team. If it has become essential again, that has not always been the case. In 2017 facing the Bulgariahe enters the game to replace N'Golo Kanté. His attitude raises questions. Rabiot makes almost no commitment and explains himself at the end of the meeting, blaming the freezing temperatures. “ It was quite hard because it was cold, I wasn't warm. I was also afraid of getting hurt when we enter conditions like that “, he blurted out.
A few months later, upset at not having been selected in the 23, he refused his summons for the World Cup as a reservist. The psychodrama had lasted two years and Didier Deschamps recalled him in the summer of 2020.
