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Rothen blasts Marseille coach De Zerbi: How can you say that now...?!

  /  autty

Former PSG star Jerome Rothen has slammed Olympique Marseille coach Roberto de Zerbi over comments about Adrien Rabiot.

Rabiot was offloaded by OM to AC Milan on deadline day this season after a furious locker room brawl with then teammate Jonathan Rowe. Rowe was also was pushed out to Bologna.

Rothen, meanwhile, has taken issue with comments made by De Zerbi about Rabiot in recent days.

He said on RMC: "Class can't be bought... He had the opportunity to be classy. Last year, he talked about Rabiot's professionalism and personality, but also his character.

"He loved the man he was, so how can you go from a guy you practically idolise to saying "it's a blessing in disguise, the team is stronger today"?

"You explain that the team has improved under the pretext that there was this fight and this lack of respect? I'm stunned."