Véronique Rabiot, mother and agent of Adrien Rabiot (29-year-old Olympique de Marseille midfielder), is in dispute with Paris Saint-Germain. There were the banners against her and her son, who trained at PSG. Since then, she has been speaking out, complaining and attacking. This time, she was invited by La Chaîne L’Equipe to comment on the partial closure of the Tribune Auteuil for a match. And there’s a dud.
Rabiot “Why isn’t it immediate?”
“My feeling is that it’s scandalous to announce a sanction applied on April 19 (date of the PSG-Le Havre match) for facts that occurred on March 16. PSG were given the weekend off to celebrate the title. Yet sanctions are immediate for all clubs except PSG. Why isn’t it immediate?
These are sanctions that aren’t sanctions at all. Frankly, it’s pathetic and scandalous. A partial closure and a €20,000 fine… It’s as if there were no penalty at all. Other clubs are punished far more severely. PSG always gets off lightly. Look at Montpellier! The (Étang de Thau) stand is closed until the end of June.”
First of all, it’s well known that Véronique Rabiot was targeted by the banners. But does this justify her being at the microphone of a media outlet almost every day to comment on what’s going on around PSG? Is she suddenly the most important figure in French soccer? It’s been said that she made similar comments to RMC this morning, so we won’t be doing an article about it either.
Above all, it would be interesting to see other people express themselves, or to focus on other themes. At the very least, we’d need to have someone who’s objective and who expresses himself without bringing in elements that are false.
We can debate the idea of PSG “always doing very well”. The example of Montpellier is a poor one, since it involved pyrotechnic devices being thrown onto the pitch in the stands, setting off a fire. That’s a far cry from the Parc des Princes. Above all, one thing is clear: sanctions are not always immediate. And the time taken to reach a decision is far from unique to PSG. It’s part of the rules.
It didn’t take long to find Toulouse sanctioned by the LFP on March 5 for “using pyrotechnic devices” for a match that took place on February 15 (against PSG, incidentally). The sanction took effect on Tuesday March 11. Was this to give Toulouse an advantage when they take on Monaco on March 7, or simply to comply with the rules? Does Véronique Rabiot also have an answer?
