Former England captain Owen Farrell is set to leave his lifelong club Saracens at the end of the season, having signed a deal with French giants Racing 92.
The move comes shortly after Farrell announced he would be taking a break from international rugby, which means he will miss the 2024 Six Nations Championship.
Racing 92 are known for their big-name signings, having previously secured the services of stars like Johnny Sexton, Dan Carter, and Finn Russell, as well as Springboks captain Siya Kolisi.
However, according to L’Equipe, Farrell will be taking a pay cut at the Parisian club. His current deal is reportedly worth around £1 million per season, but he is set to earn just £685,000 per season at Racing.
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Former England captain Owen Farrell is never afraid of sharing an opinion or two – especially when it’s about someone he doesn’t particularly like.
The Bath lock won the last of his 24 caps for England back in 2016, which could have a lot to do with his relationship with the current England captain.
He revealed: “On the pitch, I struggle a lot with Owen Farrell. We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things,
“He hates me with a passion. Despite my earthy roots, he thinks I am a posh c***. He hates that. I bagged rugby league once jovially. I was saying it to take the piss kind of thing, ‘a bloody sport for the peasants’. He f**kin’ hated it.
“He had a bit of a shout at me and went off to the toilet and I followed him.
“We all had a drink or two after the game but we didn’t need to get carried away with this. I was in the urinal behind the door and he was three or four down and as I got in his dad walked in as well, he was coaching at the time. He was, ‘I don’t want to fuckin’ hear it’ or something like that and as he walked out he went to open the door and slam it into the back of me. There was like a stop on the floor so it hit the stop and almost clocked him back…
“We never really addressed it after that. That was where it started and it was like a drunken little bit of argy that went too far. He is an incredibly competitive athlete and he is also very f**kin’ good, he has got high standards. He is a very competitive athlete and in order to be that good, you have to flirt on the wrong side of competitive.
“So whenever we play each other there is always some element in the game where one of us is running at the other one or we are trying to bang each other. There always seems to be an element of that to it. I am sure he is like, I don’t even know that Dave is playing.”
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