Asked by the mother of Adrien Rabiot, Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu speaks at the microphone of Europe 1 on the very delicate situation of the Parisian player.
FACING THE AUDITORS
For several months, Adrien Rabiot's clan has been in open conflict with Paris Saint-Germain. Laid off, he will leave the club of the capital in June. But before the end of his son's contract with PSG, the mother and adviser of the player, Véronique Rabiot, said "surprise", in an interview with the newspaper L'Equipe , that the Minister of Sports and Labor (Muriel Pénicaud, ed) are not indignant "about the situation in the middle of the field At the microphone of Europe 1, during the show " Face listeners "broadcast Sunday, March 24 at 20 hours , Roxana Maracineanu responds.
"It is not because one is a sports minister that one can intervene in the professional sport or on particular cases", evacuates the former Olympic champion of swimming, in function since September. "These are things to be settled between the club and this person. (...) We can not intervene" between the two parties, explains the minister.
An injustice ? "She has the right to estimate it"
In fact, both sides became irreconcilable: "There is a new abuse of power on the part of the management of the PSG", denounces Véronique Rabiot. "I think that today they want to go to the breach of contract, but Adrien has not made a mistake ... (...) I think that, given what is happening, there will be a breach of contract."
In this interview to the sports daily, Véronique Rabiot compares the current situation of her son, who will turn 24 in early April, to that of a captive person: "Soon it's dry bread, with water and dungeon! The middle is cruel ... We take him hostage because he does not want to re-sign, while he is only respecting his contract Adrien asks only that: to respect his contract, "she says, evoking in passing a "prisoner" situation in the club of the capital. An injustice ? "She has the right to estimate it," says Roxana Maracineanu without further details. By June and the end of Adrien Rabiot's contract, the executive should not interfere in this matter.