Thomas Tuchel Confirmed Adrien Rabiot’s Elimination from PSG Squad

Paris Saint-Germain's French midfielder Adrien Rabiot celebrates after Paris Saint-Germain's players won the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona on February 14, 2017 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Adrien Rabiot

DBasia.news – Adrien Rabiot must accept the consequence of his decision not renewing the contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Rabiot is benched or even eliminated from the squad.

The coach Thomas Tuchel stated that the French player is no longer on the squad due to the exit rumor.

It’s proved from the recent match of PSG against US Orleans (2-1) on Wednesday (19/12), Rabiot’s name was neither listed as the starter nor substitute player. The elimination of the 23-year-old player raised the speculation of his bad relationship with Tuchel.

However, the former Borussia Dortmund coach explained why he eliminated Rabiot’s name from PSG. Tuchel insisted that his declining performance makes the Germany coach decided not to include him on the squad.

“Nothing broke between us but there is a lot of competition between the players here,” Tuchel said quoted from FourFourTwo.

“In my opinion, Adrien lost some confidence and his place because also Julian Draxler took his chance. The team played well, we won,” he concluded.

Rabiot’s decision of not renewing the contract with PSG makes the fans upset. In the match against Orleans, PSG fans brought the banner with “Rabiot, we don’t need you” written on it.