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Adrien Rabiot and his MOTHER demand £13,000 in damages from PSG one day after Marseille star won £1.1m legal fight with European champions
Adrien Rabiot is suing his former club Paris Saint-Germain just a day after the France international received €1.3million (£1.1m) in compensation from the European champions.
On Thursday, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled that Rabiot's series of fixed-term contracts at PSG must be considered as permanent. He was therefore awarded financial compensation for unpaid wages, unused holidays and breach of contract terms.
But it seems that the 30-year-old's grievances against a club, with whom he won five French league titles, does not end there.
Rabiot, along with his mother and long-time advisor Veronique, are suing PSG for their alleged failure to manage abusive banners and insults from supporters during March's match against Marseille.
The match in question was Rabiot's first at Parc des Princes since leaving for Juventus in 2019 and numerous derogatory chants and banners targeting the France international were witnessed at the stadium.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel fined PSG €20,000 (£17,000) and imposed a one-match partial stand closure in early April but the Rabiots argue that these sanctions were insufficient.
They accuse PSG of failing in its duty to police the stands, which resulted in personal harm. A first hearing is set for November 4, although it may be postponed depending on how PSG respond.
Although they are seeking financial compensation, Le Parisien reports that the pair's primary motivation is for a court to acknowledge what they regard as a failure in PSG's duty of care towards them.
After March's match against PSG, which Marseille lost 3-1, Rabiot took to social media to highlight the abuse he had received and pointed the finger at PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
'Insulting a mother, and a deceased father... Everything comes at a price one day,' Rabiot, who played for PSG for nine years, posted on Instagram.
