The news had the effect of a small bomb on Tuesday, late afternoon: Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe were definitively pushed to the exit by theOlympique de Marseille After a layoff following their altercation in Rennes a few days earlier.
“Olympique de Marseille informs that Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe have been placed on the list of transfers by the club”could be read in an official press release from the Marseille club published on Tuesday.
Adrien Rabiot, essential framework of OM pushed towards the exit.
“This decision was made due to unacceptable behavior in the locker room after the match against Stade Rennais FC, in agreement with the technical staff and in application of the club's internal code of conduct. The decision was communicated by the club to the two players on Monday ”completed OM.
Rabiot did not have a fixed position
In fact, the sudden departure of Adrien Rabiot obviously has nothing trivial for Olympique de Marseille, at the dawn of a rich season which will be marked by the return of the club to the Champions League. A player of this caliber, in the age of age, is difficult to replace. But the use of Rabiot has always been quite ambiguous. Last season, the French international has evolved a large part of the time in the attack line, with a hybrid post on the left side. A costume that allowed him to be decisive (10 goals and 6 assists) and to flare offensively.
But Rabiot remains a midfielder, and the former Parisian will have been too rarely used at his favorite post by Roberto de Zerbi. In Brittany, in Rennes, Friday, Rabiot was thus aligned in a role of number 10, without much success. In this tactical context, OM already holds the replacements of the world's vice-champion, whether in the middle, with Ismaël Bennacer, or in attackers' roles, where the arrival of the Brazilian Igor Peace and the return of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have redistributed the cards.
