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Adrien Rabiot hits on PSG president: ‘You can’t buy class’

Marseille midfielder Adrien Rabiot took shot at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, saying “you can’t buy class.”

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Rabiot to PSG president: “You can’t buy class”

Rabiot made those comments following Marseille’s 3-1 loss to the Ligue 1 leaders on Sunday.

PSG fans marred the match with anti-gay chants and racist slurs targeting Marseille, especially Rabiot, who received a hostile welcome upon returning to his former team.

“Insulting a mother, and a dead father…” Rabiot wrote on social media after the match.

“You have to pay for everything one day. You won’t be taking it to heaven. Believe me. Nasser, you can have all the money in the world and even more, but you can’t buy class.”

The midfielder played over 200 matches for PSG from 2012 to 2019, and PSG fans saw his decision to join Marseille after leaving Juventus as a betrayal.

A complaint is coming

Rabiot’s mother, Veronique, who also serves as his agent, told Radio France that she will file a complaint after PSG fans displayed insulting banners targeting her and her son.

“I don’t understand why the match wasn’t stopped,” she said.

“I don’t understand why nobody is outraged. Why are some matches stopped and not others?”

French referees have the power to stop play if fans chant anti-gay and racist slurs in stadiums.

However, despite repeated incidents, referee Clement Turpin — regarded as one of the best in Europe — did not pause the match at Parc des Princes.

The group shared footage on social media showing hardcore PSG fans chanting and hurling insults at Marseille, in which one of the songs compared their rivals to “rats.”

“In the mud, there are rats. In the sewers, there are rats. Rats are everywhere. They are the Marseillais,” sang supporters in the stands.

In French, people often use the word “rat” with racist and derogatory connotations, and many interpreted the chant as a reference to Marseille’s large Arab minority.

On Monday, a French campaign group urged the country’s authorities to take action against the discriminatory chants.

Rouge Direct group urged the ministers of sport, interior and justice, as well as officials from the French soccer federation and league, to “ensure that these illegal chants are finally severely punished.”