Adrien Rabiot placed on the transfer list: "A bold and dizzying choice," reacts former OM president, Christophe Bouchet

"A locker room incident as reported is not a scandal," observed Christophe Bouchet, the day after Marseille's decision to sell the French international, following an altercation with his teammate Jonathan Rowe.

"It's a bold and dizzying choice," reacted former OM president Christophe Bouchet on Wednesday, August 20, on ICI Provence (ex-France Bleu) after the decision of the Olympian club to place Adrien Rabiot on the transfer list . The decision was taken after the violent argument on Friday between the French international and his teammate Jonathan Rowe in the locker room, in the wake of OM's defeat at Rennes (1-0) in Ligue 1.

"Bold, because yes, the club is above all else," explains the former OM president between 2002 and 2004, but "in the history of OM, there are few players of the quality of Adrien Rabiot, and to part with him on the eve of a Champions League is dizzying, especially since a locker room incident such as it is reported, is not a scandal," he says. Before adding: "It proves that the players are concerned." "There is no insult to OM, as was the case in the past when Bernard Tapie sacked Éric Cantona after throwing away the OM jersey," recalls Christophe Bouchet.

"We're never in the bedroom," says the former OM president, who says he knows nothing about the "inside." "Few people know," he says. "Were there other stinging episodes? Other reasons for parting ways with your best player?" he asks. Is Adrien Rabiot too expensive? Christophe Bouchet doesn't comment on the club's suspicions of a possible financial choice to force the player out.