Olympique de Marseille president Pablo Longoria said the club transferred Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe to the outgoing list after a locker-room fight he described as “an event of extreme violence, something unheard-of.” The altercation erupted on 15 August at Roazhon Park moments after Marseille’s 1–0 loss to Rennes in the Ligue 1 opener. Longoria told Agence France-Presse on 20 August that staff accounts convinced him the incident had “exceeded all acceptable limits” and that the decision was necessary “to protect the institution and the season.” Head coach Roberto De Zerbi and sporting director Medhi Benatia backed the move, which followed the pair’s exclusion from training on Monday and their formal placement on the transfer list a day later. The disciplinary step is especially striking for Rabiot, a France international who scored nine goals and supplied four assists in his first season with Marseille. Rowe, 22, had already been considered a potential summer departure. Rabiot’s lawyer, Romuald Palao, said he was “incomprehension” at the club’s stance and suggested the player was being unfairly pushed out. Marseille has not detailed the precise nature of the confrontation, and neither player has publicly commented.