During the presentation press conference, Adrien Rabiot spoke about the choice to wear the Olympique Marseille jersey and Pablo Longoria: “Longoria was very happy and enthusiastic when he knew it would be possible. I didn’t speak to him right away, I contacted him later, when the negotiations were almost over. He wanted things to happen naturally with Benatia and the coach. He has known me since I was 16, before that he was a scout.
It’s a real pride for what he told me. Everyone is happy, for my part these are good conditions to work well. At first I was surprised, I told him. Medhi Benatia got straight to the point, without making word games. He explained the project to me, he made me understand that it could be a possibility. He let me think, I called him back and spoke to my family.
It was assembled, I spoke with the coach, who was very important. I was more and more convinced that it had gone this way. I didn’t expect this call. I liked Benatia’s approach, you can see that he is an ambitious person, he spoke clearly to me. I think the club has great ambitions, otherwise we wouldn’t come looking for a player like that”.