French midfielder, Adrien Rabiot is a “a long way off” being called up for France, according to what the country’s Football Federation president, Noel Le Graet has said.
The PSG midfielder is yet to feature for his country since turning down the opportunity to be one of the standby group of players for the 2018 World Cup.
“I haven’t suspended him. If the coach wants to take him, he absolutely can do that. But that day is still a long way off,” Noel Le Graet said to L’Equipe.
“He’s not playing for his club, and in the France team — in which he has never shown himself to be indispensable — others have taken his place. But everyone handles their career as they see fit.
“I approached Adrien for him to come and explain himself in my office,” Le Graet said.
“And it’s Madame Rabiot [the player’s mother and agent] who answered by saying that she wanted to first come alone to the meeting. I told her there was no chance, not even in a dream. It was after he had declined to be a reserve for the World Cup.
“There was a second contact where she told us that this time she would come with her son. It wasn’t what I wanted, so there was no meeting. I wanted to tell him that he was too young to fall out with the France team. But that didn’t happen, and it’s a shame.”
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