Arrived last summer from Bologna against a check for 22 million euros (including 3 million euros in bonuses), Arthur Theate managed, not without difficulty, to make Nayef Aguerd, who had gone to West Ham, forget. Author of 42 matches in all competitions and 4 goals with the Red and Blacks, the Red Devil is today the defensive pillar of Bruno Genesio, who has also established him for the first two matches of the season. But the offensive of a club accustomed to plundering Ligue 1 this summer is turning all of Rennes’ plans upside down.
RB Leipzig, which has already recruited Loïs Openda (Lens) and Castello Lukeba (OL), has set its sights on the 23-year-old Belgian international defender. The German club has offered a loan with an obligatory purchase option close to €30 million, as we revealed to you on Saturday evening. Rennes has planned to respond at the start of the week, but is already working behind the scenes to find him a successor in case the Belgian defensive rock comes to flee.
Rennes are ahead of Davinson Sanchez but not only…
Among the targeted players is a certain Davinson Sanchez. According to our information, the central defender of Tottenham, able to evolve both on the right and on the left of the defense, and who has been offered several times to the Breton club in recent months, is today a serious option considered by Florian Maurice. Struggling for several seasons with Spurs, the former Ajax Amsterdam crack never confirmed his crazy 2015-16 season with the Dutch club where he notably reached the Europa League final, impressing all observers of the European football to finally land in the summer of 2017 at Tottenham against a check for €45 million.
One year from the end of his contract and despite 77 minutes played with Spurs on the first day of the Premier League against Brentford, Davinson Sanchez is more than ever on the start. Offered to OL and Strasbourg in recent weeks and more recently to Monaco, the Colombian international with 54 caps can therefore still hope to join Ligue 1 by the end of the transfer window. As a reminder, the London club is demanding between 10 and 12 M€ to let him go. Rennes, who are working hard on another case leading to another experienced defender, are waiting to see the outcome of the Theate case whatever happens.
