Three reasons why Adrien Rabiot's move to Barcelona fell through

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Alex Mott·11 June 2019

Three reasons why Adrien Rabiot's move to Barcelona fell through

It had looked like a done deal back in January but now a story in the Spanish press has revealed exactly why Adrien Rabiot’s move from Paris Saint-Germain to Barcelona fell through.

Having become an outcast at PSG thanks to his stalling on a new contract, all suggestions over the winter window were that the Blaugrana would sign Rabiot on a free this summer.

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That though, never materialised, with Barça taking the rare step of releasing an official statement to say the move would not be happening.

And now it’s been revealed exactly why the deal fell through.

A well-sourced story in Mundo Deportivo has claimed that there were three reasons as to why the midfielder never made it to Camp Nou.

Barcelona found out they had a chance of signing Frenkie de Jong and decided to opt for him instead.
Rabiot told the club that he didn’t want to play in the No.6 role, and preferred instead to be more of an attacking midfielder.
Rabiot’s agent, and mother, Veronique, was trying to push up the – already €10m – signing on fee.

With Barcelona off the cards it seems that Rabiot could well be heading to the Premier League, with Manchester United and Arsenal thought to be interested.