Marseille puts Rabiot, Rowe on a transfer frame for reported safe room fighting

The Marseille season is already in turmoil after France midfielder Adrien Rabiot and England Under-21 Voor-21 attacker Jonathan Rowe were placed on the transfer list on Tuesday and told to leave the club for ‘unacceptable behavior’.

Allegedly the couple argued and fought in the dressing room after the 1-0 loss of Friday against Rennes, which prevailed with a stop-time goal, even though they were up to 10 players in his Ligue 1-season opener.

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«This decision was made because of unacceptable behavior in the dressing room after the game against Rennes,» Marseille said in a statement.

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Rabiot and Rowe are exiled in accordance with the technical staff and in accordance with the club’s internal code of conduct, «said the club whose majority owner is the American businessman Frank McCourt, the former owner of Los Angeles Dodgers.

Marseille qualified for the Champions League by ending second place at Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 in the first season of the Zerbi in the club.

The 30-year-old joined in September in September as a free agent after his contract had expired at Juventus. Weeks earlier, Rowe had moved from the English second -class Norwich for a first loan agreement that was made permanent before this season.

The transfer window in Europe closes 1 September.