22 January,2019
The National Professional Footballers' Union
(UNFP) of France has called on Paris Saint-
Germain to end their exclusion of Adrien Rabiot,
claiming that the club's treatment is illegal and
borders on "harassment".
Rabiot caused a stir at the end of 2018 when
he declined to discuss an extension on his PSG
contract, which expires in June.
In response the club banished him to train with
the reserves, amid reports that the midfielder
would soon be signing terms with FC Barcelona.
Coach Thomas Tuchel reiterated this week that
Rabiot would not be considered for match
duties, even though an injury to Marco Verratti
leaves PSG short of cover in midfield.
But according to the UNFP, the Ligue 1 leaders
are acting improperly, as they lack the
necessary facilities to allow a group of
professional players to train apart from the first
team as stipulated in local regulations.
"When there is no place to train, which is PSG's
case, the criteria do not apply, it just means
another group cannot be formed,"
"In the case of Rabiot, who has declined to
extend his contract which ends at the end of the
season, it is not necessary to even consider if
this will be a temporary situation.
"No exceptions have been requested, the
forming of a second group is now allowed and
he should be automatically returned [to the first
team]."
The union official added that PSG have until
Wednesday to welcome Rabiot back into the
fold, and that if they continue to leave him out
of training the club could be punished.
"That re-incorporation should be carried out
within the next 48 hours," Burchkalter stated.
"If not, the club will be exposed to sanctions,
because from a legal point of view PSG have no
right to make Adrien Rabiot train with the
reserves, just like they did not have the right
with [Hatem] Ben Arfa.
"If it is not done in 48 hours, I don't want to get
ahead of myself but we will be on guard
because right now, PSG are trying to buy time
and we do not want them to prevail, especially
because the end of the transfer window is
approaching. The player is in the right condition
to train normally and in line with the
regulations.
"If the club continues to evade the rules, it
could be seen as a discriminatory measure,
which could be compared with harassment, and
that is wrong, this should be remedied
Urgently"
Rabiot's last appearance for the PSG first team
came all the way back at the start of December,
when he played the last seven minutes of the
club's 4-1 win over Red Star Belgrade.
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