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After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
At 29, Adrien Rabiot had an unexpected career this summer. Free and contacted by the biggest European clubs, the Frenchman then signed up with OM, who do not play in the European Cup, and agreed to a big pay cut. While some saw this as a default signing for Rabiot, Miralem Pjanic, his former teammate at Juventus, assured him quite the opposite.
Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona, Milan AC, Manchester United… Adrien Rabiot was announced in the sights of the biggest European clubs. Free, the French international was therefore spoiled for choice when deciding where to continue his career. Despite the possibility of playing in the Champions League and receiving a big salary, Rabiot chose to settle down at OM. A choice that surprised more than one this summer.
“The best option this season was OM”
Knowing well Adrien Rabiot for having played with him at Juventus, Miralem Pjanic mentioned his signing to theABOUT. And for him, this is by no means a default choice. “ Adri has played for big clubs and he has just signed for an ambitious club. I can assure you that if he had not been convinced by the project, the words of Mehdi (Benatia), he would never have signed with OM. He would still have waited and it wouldn't have scared him. Even if it means waiting until the January transfer window to choose the best option. Except that the best option this season was OM. The speeches of Mehdi, the president, the coach weighed in the balance, it is obvious, but once you join a club like OM, a city like Marseille, you can only be happy to play in such an environment, beyond the competitiveness of the team », he assured for 1899 The Weekly.
“He was perhaps expecting a different transfer window this summer, but…”
Miralem Pjanic also said aboutAdrien Rabiot : « Surprised to see her join Marseille? He was perhaps expecting a different transfer window this summer, but we all noticed that the market was very complicated, football, its economy, are changing… And, in the end, he signed in a very large club, with a great sporting project. OM made a lot of ambitious changes this summer, already through the choice of coach. Longoria and Mehdi (Benatia) have done a huge job to improve the team, bring fresh blood and quality. It was very ambitious. Nobody imagined for a moment at the start of the summer that they were going to bring back this coach and these players. Afterwards, it is the image of what Marseille should be, one of the biggest clubs in France with Paris and Lyon. With all these recruits, OM really hit hard. And this must not have gone unnoticed by Adri ».
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