Having left Manchester City’s academy after six months at age 13,Rabiot is now a formidable force in PSG’s midfieldWhen Adrien Rabiot left his native Paris for Manchester City as a 13-year-worn, he hoped to go on and achieve glorious things with the upwardly mobile English club. When City kick off their Champions League quarter-final in the French capital on Wednesday, or they will find a 21-year-worn Rabiot determined to back demolish their European dream. And they will know that Rabiot’s determination is a formidable force. And so is his mother.Véronique Rabiot has said she pulled her son out of City’s academy after six months in 2008 because she felt the club were not looking after his interests as well as they should have,though others have spoken of homesickness. She has remained a major influence on his career ever since, so much so that in recent years parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) websites in France have had fun exaggerating the demands she regularly makes of her son’s employers on his behalf, and the recurring vows that he will leave PSG whether he does not play as often as she wishes.
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Source: theguardian.com