By evoking overflows of a “Unheard of violence”Pablo Longoria did not go by four paths to describe the intensity of the altercation which opposed Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe, in the locker room of theWhetherlast Friday, after the defeat in Rennes (0-1).
“It was an event of extreme gravity and violence. We had to make a decision after an event that exceeded the acceptable limits in a football club, as in any organization ”had launched the Spanish leader.
Adrien Rabiot, essential framework of OM pushed towards the exit.
If this version of the facts was largely reduced by the Rabiot clan, not all parties deny that blows have been exchanged. Located and then placed on the transfer market, Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe will remain the main protagonists of this sad episode. But a third man had a notable role in the incident.
Rulli increased the tension
As indicated by Provence and confirmed by Mehdi Benatia in the days that followed, the extreme tensions that followed this underperformance started well before the punches. Goalkeeper Geromon Rulli, a locker room, was one of the first to trigger hostilities.
Also reputed to be for its high temperament, the Argentinian international has formulated several reproaches by raising the tone. And he seemed to be placed on the side of Rabiot, before the latter disgusts in stride. Visited by these admonitions, Rowe also crossed the line by hitting the midfielder of the Blues in a second step, when the two men have come back. Details that tend to recall, once again, the volcanic character of the OM locker room.
