'Leave me alone' says AWOL player

CONTROVERSIAL Moroccan defender Youssef Rabeh, who has been missing from his new Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala since the weekend, broke his silence yesterday to say he was ending his career. "I'm going to quit football, you'll not see me again – just leave me alone," he said. "I don't like it at Anzhi and as far as I know Levski will receive the money from my transfer."
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Feb 2010, 22:23 BST
Updated 24th Feb 2010, 22:44 BST

Rabeh, 24, went missing from Anzhi's training camp in the Turkish resort of Antalya on Saturday, two weeks after joining the Russian Premier League newcomers from Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia.