Newspaper reports in Italy and his native France accused Rabiot of taking personal action in response to seeing his salary slashed, with all Serie A clubs taking such measures to protect their finances during the league’s suspension.
But Rabiot managed to see the funny side, posting a photo of himself looking distracted to his Instagram story with the caption, “when you realise it was the last day of… strike” accompanied by laughing emojis.
A follow-up post featured an illustration of a medicine bottle, its label reading: “Newspapers-TV, press – do not swallow”.
Rabiot has been self-isolating in France during the pandemic and remains there despite many of his team-mates returning to training in Turin, as Serie A edges closer to resuming.
His decision to stay in France is, according to a report from an Italian newspaper, what his “personal strike” has amounted to, though he is expected to travel to Italy on Wednesday.
He will be forced to endure another 14-day period of self-isolation after arriving, as the Italian government is instructing those returning from abroad to quarantine themselves in an attempt to quell COVID-19’s spread.
The virus has been contracted by over 221,000 people in Italy, with more than 30,000 of them dying.
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