“He is an exceptional player, who has forged ahead. We cannot but follow him, we like him very much,” Sabatini has confirmed.
“He is a player that we would like and we will discuss him through correct behaviour, we will not wait for a solution to acquire him on a free transfer.
“We do not want to make strategic choices - remember that we could have signed a strong guy like Sanabria [on a free] but we signed him in agreement with Barcelona.
“If we have the privilege and the desire to negotiate for Rabiot, we will do so in agreement with Paris Saint-Germain.
“But I believe it will be difficult, as his contract situation is unknown. We will try to work on this as something between clubs of great prestige.
“Perhaps at this moment they are slightly ahead of us as they can make massive investments, we want to work with all the true greats of Europe in the same manner, because we are a big club and that is how we behave.”