Adrien Rabiot is part of this long list of young hopefuls who have not been able to win at Paris Saint-Germain despite an undeniable talent. Like Kingsley Coman, the native of Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne) is a child from the Parisian suburbs who grew up with the love of the club, but faced with competition from foreign stars, he was forced into exile. The 26-year-old midfielder has chosen Italy and the legendary Juventus club in Turin to relaunch his career. A rather mixed experience for the time being and even if he continues to be called up to the France team by Didier Deschamps, he knows he must do better.
Alongside this career at the highest level, Adrien Rabiot also experienced traumatic episodes in his personal life. Son of Véronique Rabiot, who is also his agent, he had the misfortune to lose his father, Michel Provost, a few years ago, when he was only 23 years old. At the end of January 2019, the latter died following a long illness. In effect, Adrien’s father suffered from locked-in syndrome, a paralyzing neurological condition for twelve years. Terrible news for the footballer who at the time had just lost his maternal grandmother only two weeks earlier. To make matters worse, he was at the end of his Parisian adventure and the club no longer wishing to play him, he spent the last six months with the reserve.
A difficult test on which Adrien Rabiot has never poured out in the media, but one can imagine the pain of such an event. Now settled in Italy with his relatives, he also made people talk about him during the last Euro, after the fiasco against Switzerland, his mother Véronique violently attacked the families of Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappé in the stands, if the we believe witnesses.
An eventful and not always easy life for Adrien Rabiot who will have to ignore all that tonight, against Villarreal in the Champions League, for one of the most important matches of the Juventus season.