Owen Farrell's departure from Racing 92 has been completed, new club confirmed

Reports in France suggest a deal is all but done, with Racing agreeing to release the 33-year-old fly-half from the final year of his contract. While the Parisian giants were initially demanding around £500,000, it’s believed a fee closer to £350,000 has been settled.

It was also confirmed today that Farrell will be part of the 2025 British & Irish Lions television coverage for Sky Sports.

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Farrell, who arrived in the Top 14 last summer to huge fanfare, has struggled to leave his mark in France. Despite a CV stacked with over 100 caps for England and more than 1,000 international points, his stint in Paris never quite caught fire. On-field chemistry with scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec was lacking, and the physical intensity of French rugby often left him chasing shadows.

The veteran playmaker recently requested a release from his contract and Racing appear ready to cut their losses. He’s expected to return to North London, where he will link back up with his beloved Saracens — this time in a dual role as player and coach.

For Racing, the search is now on for a top-tier fly-half to fill the void. With Antoine Gibert the only remaining specialist No.10, and both Dan Lancaster (Glasgow) and Tristan Tedder (Perpignan) already out the door, the club is actively hunting for reinforcements.

Farrell’s time in Paris may be remembered as a big-name move that never quite lived up to the billing — but for Saracens fans, the king is coming home.

Former England lock Attwood has opened up on the latest RugbyPass Offload about his ongoing rivalry with Owen Farrell.

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.”

The Scotland back-rower was the instigator in some tunnel argy-bargy when the players returned to the changing rooms after the warm-up back in 2018 with Farrell at the centre.

Footage of the incident shows all hell breaking loose when Farrell barged his way past a number of Scotland players to confront Wilson, who had been attempting to get inside the head of George Ford.

Wilson later revealed he was banned from Twickenham following the incident.

“I remember that game, I was actually injured and after tunnel-gate, after everything that happened in the tunnel against England, I’d lined up a corporate gig at Twickenham,” he recalled to Rugby Pass in November.

“Had it all lined up, a little bit of cash, all excited, only to get a message back saying the RFU have banned you from Twickenham Stadium after everything that happened the year before.

The pair have what we can only describe as a love-hate relationship. As legendary as the 'best mates' videos were during the 2016 tour of Australia, Farrell certainly didn't seem to be enjoying it.