Marseille is one of those clubs which appears to run on nervous energy, and that’s been especially the case in recent years and after several recent appointments. There’s never a drama too far away, and often several ongoing at the same time.
Sunderland may be about to take advantage of the latest, after Jonathan Rowe and Adrien Rabiot were both told to find new clubs.
Marseille lost to 10 man Rennes at the weekend and after the match, Rowe and Rabiot had some kind of altercation in the dressing room. Roberto De Zerbi also lost his cool, but given that’s close to being his natural state it didn’t make as many waves.
Rowe and Rabiot were banned from training as those in charge decided what to do with the pair and, given its Marseille, the option to calm everything down and focus on the next match was binned in favour of more chaos.
[RMC](https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/clubs/olympique-marseille/om-le-club-a-decide-de-se-separer-de-rabiot-apres-l-altercation-avec-rowe_AV-202508190403.html) report both will be sold off, with Rowe of interest to Sunderland and Bologna. Rabiot has interest from big Italian clubs but it’s made clear the pair won’t be sold off cheaply.
Perhaps not having such a public drama every few days would make buying clubs take Marseille more seriously in that regard, but anyway.
There’s clearly a chance for Sunderland to sign 22-year-old Rowe, who moved to France from Norwich City a year ago.