Adrien Rabiot – Juventus, renewal trials at Continassa

It remains difficult for ‘Duke’ to stay in HCL jersey

In just a few months, Adrien Rabiot has gone from a proclaimed redundancy that Juve tried hard to sell to Manchester Unitedi in the summer, to an irreplaceable pawn in Allegri’s tactical chessboard. Protagonist of a season with flair, such even in the darkest moments before the eight consecutive league victories, the former PSG man has a contract expiring next June.

If before the World Cup the demands for a renewal with the bianconeri made by Veronique (the Frenchman’s agent mother) were considered far from bianconeri standards, after the Asian kermesse the woman has raised the bar. Making the transalpine’s stay in Turin in the coming seasons even more complex.

A meeting between Ds Federico Cherubini and Mama Veronique was staged at Juve headquarters on Tuesday afternoon. The parties would not have come to any agreement, although they were in any case mutually updated on their respective positions: there remains distance between the midfielder’s request and the offer of the Juventus club. Which, incidentally, also evaluates a resounding sale of the ‘Duke’ in January, in order to avoid losing the player at parameter zero.