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Return of Rabiot to the Blues: "No one is punished for life," says Le Graët

2020-08-27T17:19:31.675Z


The president of the French Football Federation (FFF) tells us that he is "delighted" with the return of the midfielder of the France team who


Noël Le Graët, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) did not fall from his chair when the announcement of the return of Adrien Rabiot to the French team. “With Didier, we talk every day, we had agreed for a long time, breathes the manager, contacted by us. I always said, even then, that someone cannot be punished for life. It's a smart decision on Didier's part, I'm delighted. "

Tensions were however high between the boss of French football and the camp of the former Parisian midfielder, now at Juventus Turin, in the months which followed Rabiot's decision to refuse to be included in the list of reservists for the 2018 World Cup. His mother and advisor had even accused the president of the FFF of being "a liar".

"When I meet him, I will tell him that I am very happy that he is there"

"The mother did not want me to meet Adrien, I do not care, sighs the president in reference to this episode. No one is punished for life. Not to give him a chance would have been a mistake. Competition is tough in this position, but it would have been picked up for this game or another. I recall that despite everything that people said around me, I always said that he would not be suspended. It was normal that he was not called up for a while, but it would have been stupid to say that he would never play for France again. "

If Didier Deschamps indicated at a press conference that he would speak with the 25-year-old player, Noël Le Graët does not intend to formalize the meeting: "When I meet him, I will tell him that I am very happy that he be there. I don't need to call him, there won't be a meeting. He must be proud to come back and we are happy that he is coming back. Why complicate your life when you can do normal things? "

Source: leparis

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