The fog dissipates a little more around the post-match psychodrama in the Marseille locker room during the defeat of OM in Rennes, at the opening of the 2025-26 season of Ligue 1.. The two protagonists of this rise in tension, Jonathan Rowe and Adrien Rabiot, were dismissed from the group and were absent on the resumption of training on Monday.
What was first described as a lively altercation actually hid the exchanges of blows, according to everyday revelations The team. Where we learn that the goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli had been the first to fart a bolt and yell at the whole after the final whistle, with the main target of Rowe, to whom a lack of investment is criticized. The tone then went up between Rabiot and the English winger, which the French international caught by the pass.
Bakola’s discomfort, Rowe blows
Later, after Darryl Bakola was the victim of a unwelcome unwell and while the players took the direction of their coach, Rowe would have pretended to return to the locker room to inquire about the state of health of his young teammate to strike Adrien Rabiot. An exchange of blows took place and Mehdi Benatia, director of football, struggled to separate the two men.
It would have been enough for a defeat despite an hour in numerical superiority on the lawn of the Stade Rennais to destroy the climate of confidence and serenity built during a successful summer preparation. We can never say it enough: OM is a special club.