Yeah will definitely prove to be a problem because now have no choice but to go with what we have
Adrien Rabiot - you're not going to believe this but his Mum is his agent and a circus
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Yeah will definitely prove to be a problem because now have no choice but to go with what we have
So he has to settle for Marseille who have no European football this season. Also only signing a 2 year deal. Not exactly a great move if United and Arsenal were interested.
If anything, I think this proves that neither United nor Arsenal were genuinely interested. If they were, I don't think he would have ended up at Marseille on those terms (short contract and presumably not high wages either).
Yeah don't think we have been since 2022
Marseille as a professional footballer is a pretty sweet life folks.
Really odd posturing for a terrible outcome. Lost 10 weeks pay, estimated at £1.5m through greed. Signs a 2 year deal for approximately £200k/w, with the same signing on fee (estimated at £10m) he could have got anywhere.
He won’t even make up the lost £1.5m across his two year deal.
Could have had a pre season at one of many clubs, and been key to their plans. He’s now at Marseille, who are a huge and exciting club, but he’s not really done well out of the whole thing.
He won’t even make up the lost £1.5m across his two year deal.
Could have had a pre season at one of many clubs, and been key to their plans. He’s now at Marseille, who are a huge and exciting club, but he’s not really done well out of the whole thing.
Aye. Some of this lot are mental. I’d love to be rich in Marseille.
I'm just bitter we decided not to sign him
Yeah they can win the top apart from PSG ligue 1 title
I can't wait for Le Classique this season, gonna be fascinating watch seeing De Zerbi vs Luis Enrique battle it out tactically
That's a bit ott.
Yes he's 'lost' money but he's now at a really good club looking to push on with an exciting manager under RDZ, who has done well for them so far and moving back to his home country, in a pretty decent city. Also he got 10 weeks of rest. Sure it was unpaid but that break at his age could do him a world of good in the long term, especially for a box-to-box player who had a long summer with the national team too.
Relief. Maybe now people can let go.
We must be very confident about our current CM department and decided not to react/overreact. Hope it will turn out OK.
Or altrnatively we didn't have the money required to sign him (or felt he was worth it)
He is going to get a nasty welcome in Paris now.
Oh well.
Easy come. Easy go.
Easy come. Easy go.
I guess either of those 2 indeed, but I don’t understand it. Having a senior CM available on a free would easy earn the investment back. So come to think of it, I guess they just have confidence in our CMs
Ha, agreed but don’t hold your breath.
They most likely weren’t, or at least on terms that were favourable
Loving the pearl clutching.
"I really hope these qualified people with access to all the data have thought this through. Because the view from here, in my parents boxroom, with zero hard data has me thinking we've made a grave error."
"I really hope these qualified people with access to all the data have thought this through. Because the view from here, in my parents boxroom, with zero hard data has me thinking we've made a grave error."
Are Marseille playing tonight or have they just got the flares out for him signing 
Maybe philosopher Ten Hag vetoed it. Personally I was hoping we could get him. Low risk, good player, not asking for crazy wages. Marseille improved by signing him. I think we would have, too. Oh well.
Not really. Marseille are a big club and it’s a great move.
But pricing yourself out of moves to other top teams, then earning less elsewhere, is monumentally stupid.
Unless I've missed something, I don't think we've actually heard from good sources that other clubs like ourselves were actually interested?
And to be fair, you're assuming money was his sole priority. Game time, city, coach and environment may have had a big say.
Ten Hag wanted him in 2 summers in a row and I think Romano at the time confirmed it that he really rates Rabiot. It's unlikely he vetoed it.
Just when I was finally accepting we have lost out you talk about Erik rating him, now I'm gutted again
It’s absolutely the right decision in my view. This guy has zero commitment and only plays for the money - that’s a type we should definitely avoid. Plus his mums a circus.
I've already forgotten about him
Well yes, that would annoy people.
I told you we don't want this drama here. Dodged a bullet.
What was his mother doing there?
Sounds like a pretty normal part of negotiations.
His mother is his agent apparently
Probably.
So Rabiot's agent had discussions with Atletico's sporting director about where Rabiot would fit into the team. Isn't that a totally normal part of negotiations? Wouldn't any player expect their agent to discuss their role with potential employees?
Piece says “explaining … to”. Guessing it’s the difference between asking (normal) and telling
Maupay, Greenwood, Rabiot that could be an interesting and possibly explosive (in a bad way) dynamic at Marseille,