Arsenal was 100 per cent right about Adrien Rabiot

Adrien Rabiot is a problem child. No matter where he goes, he always ends up causing mischief.

Sometimes you want that out of a player; it would be great to see that on the pitch, for sure. However, when those problems continuously arise behind the scenes, you have to start putting the blame on the player, rather than the clubs he plays for.

See, Rabiot has played across Europe, but most of his former clubs will tell you the same thing: he's trouble, don't go anywhere near him.

Thankfully, Arsenal is not a club that once employed Adrien Rabiot. You'd be forgiven for thinking he did, considering how relentlessly his name was mentioned in Arsenal transfer rumors.

Ultimately, Arsenal has seen many better midfielders than him, all without their disciplinary issues.

Arsenal was 100 per cent right about Adrien Rabiot

Arsenal was 100 per cent right not to sign Adrien Rabiot. A hothead like him is the last thing Mikel Arteta needs in the dressing room, since the Gunners are building something for the long-term, not short-term.

You will have noticed that the Adrien Rabiot transfer talk has dimmed down quite substantially ever since Mikel Arteta took over Arsenal. This is no coincidence, as last year, Arsenal remained firm on their stance that they would not, under any circumstances, match Rabiot's £220,000 a week wage demands (as per Charles Watts).

And you can see why. At the time, it would have made him Arsenal's fifth highest paid player, and let's be frank, that just isn't sustainable for a player who would've been a short-term injury replacement.

Not to dig up old graves, but Arsenal didn't need Rabiot then, and they certainly don't need Rabiot now. The midfield has improved leaps and bounds under Arteta, to the point where it can be considered one of the best in the world. Rabiot and his ego would have only held that growth back.

Mikel Arteta has never outwardly made any comments about Adrien Rabiot, but we can all be thankful that the decision was made not to sign Rabiot.

From the "extremely violent" altercation with Jonathan Rowe at Marseille to the refusal to play for France after missing out on the team, there have been many red flags in Rabiot's career to date, some being a much darker shade of red than others.

To keep a long story short, we wish Rabiot the best, but we wish Arsenal even better.