Overview

• Roberto De Zerbi described a "bar fight" between Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe after the Rennes loss, saying club security intervened and teammate Darryl Bakola was left unwell.
• Marseille removed both players from the first-team group and put them on the market; Rowe has been sold to Bologna while Rabiot remains suspended under contract with a return to Italy reported as possible.
• De Zerbi defended the disciplinary call as non-negotiable, said claims from Rabiot’s entourage were false, and stated he had given more attention to the midfielder than to his own son.
• Véronique Rabiot said her son is being treated like an outcast, accused De Zerbi of hypocrisy by citing the Greenwood precedent, and criticized president Pablo Longoria and sporting director Medhi Benatia.
• The coach said the situation could have normalized with an apology, asserted it worsened due to the player’s entourage, and recounted a meeting where Rabiot called the sanction too severe.