With LaLiga giants FC Barcelona having reportedly agreed a deal for a Paris Saint-Germain star recently, the player's agent has now officially responded to the speculation, and also hit out at the Ligue 1 champions.
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PSG sporting director Antero Henrique revealed earlier this week that Adrien Rabiot had rejected a new deal with the French giants and will leave the club at the end of the season, while reports in France suggested that the midfielder had already agreed a deal with the Catalan giants to join them in the January transfer window.
However, the player's mother and agent, Veronique Rabiot, was quick to dismiss any deal with Barca.
"There is no agreement with any club. I do not know who started this rumour," she told RTL, according to FourFourTwo.
"We have no right to speak to any clubs until 1 January, and we won't.
"It's true I rarely speak publicly, I think it's better for me to stay in the shadows most of the time. But while the club president has always told us the club is a big family – which I agree with and I always respected the rules and protocols, I never denigrated the club – I am being attacked by the club through Antero Henrique so I am allowing myself to break silence and respond.
"During the summer transfer window, I told Mr Henrique that I wanted Adrien to be transfer-listed because Adrien wanted to leave the club and that was said quite clearly. I do not see how I was disloyal. There was an offer from Barcelona and the club rejected it, which is their right.
"The decision taken is definitive and final. The situation has completely deteriorated and there is no way back… very few people are rushing to defend Adrien's situation. The fact that the UNFP (National Union of Professional Footballers) have is important.
"The situation was the same four years ago... When Adrien was 19, he did not resist and signed an extension. Now he is 23. What he is doing now is buying his freedom."
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