STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - AUGUST 10: Adrien Rabiot of Juventus against Alvaro Borja Morata Martin of Atletico Madrid during a match in the International Champions Cup between Atletico de Madrid and Juventus FC at Friends Arena on August 10, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

In the least surprising news of the day, Adrien Rabiot is displeased with the fact that he hasn’t been getting playing time at Juventus.

According to a report from Soccer Link, Rabiot is getting impatient and wants to get back to being a regular starter. I absolutely understand why he would feel this way.

Rabiot has been unable to get himself off the bench since contract negotiations between him and

PSG turned sour at the end of 2018. When he made his move to Juventus over the summer, he obviously would have been expecting to quickly claim a starting spot in the midfield. Instead he has remained on the bench, only being allowed to appear for 27 minutes as a substitute in the season opener. It has been a month since that appearance and Maurizio Sarri has seemed uninterested in giving him a shot at a starting spot since then.

It must be deflating to be a player of Rabiot’s quality and watch Sami Khedira and Blaise Matuidi start over you repeatedly in spit of being more talented and a better fit for the system your squad is trying to implement. I have been calling for Rabiot to start over Matuidi and Khedira since the start of the season and will continue to do so until Sarri finally gives him a chance to take that starting job for himself.

At some point this issue will be resolved, it is just disappointing that this problem even exists. It is clear to just about every Juve fan that the best version of Juve’s midfield will have Rabiot starting alongside Aaron Ramsey and Miralem Pjanic. Ramsey has already been given his first start of the year in spite of the fact that he just recently recovered from an injury. It should be Rabiot’s turn to get his first start as soon as possible.

I really hope this situation gets fixed soon because it would be a shame for Juve to have a repeat of the Medhi Benatia situation from last season.