"Physical fights between teammates are nothing new in football. Newcastle's Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were famously sent off for trading blows on the pitch in 2005, before issuing grovelling apologies after the game. John Hartson kicked his West Ham teammate Eyal Berkovic in the face during a training-ground bust-up in 1998, with the midfielder claiming: If my head had been a ball, it would have been in the top corner of the net. Robinho once took a pop at Thomas Gravesen during a Real Madrid training session in 2006. The Dane responded, and was sold that summer to Celtic."
"Roberto De Zerbi, the Marseille manager, said: I've never seen a fight like that before. We have two employees fighting like in an English pub, with a teammate on the ground because he had lost consciousness. What should the employer do in France? There are two solutions, either suspension or dismissal. Marseille chose the latter, with Rabiot and Rowe both sold at the end of the transfer window, to Milan and Bologna respectively."
Physical fights between teammates have occurred at top clubs, including incidents involving Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer in 2005, John Hartson and Eyal Berkovic in 1998, and Robinho and Thomas Gravesen in 2006. Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe fought violently in Marseille's dressing room after a 1-0 defeat by a 10-man Rennes side. A junior squad member, Darryl Bakola, fainted while watching. The altercation was described as unprecedented, compared to an English pub brawl, and left a teammate unconscious. French employment options for such behavior include suspension or dismissal. Marseille sold both players at the end of the transfer window; Rabiot joined Milan and Rowe joined Bologna.
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