Stade Rennais coach Julien Stéphan responded to Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi regarding Amine Gouiri’s withdrawal for CAN 2024.
End of the controversy? Annoyed to have learned late of the injury of Amine Gouiri, package for CAN 2024, Djamel Belmadi had accused Stade Rennais of not having given ” no signal “ to the Algerian selection on the state of health of the attacker. Friday, at a press conference, Julien Stéphan responded to the Greens coach, ensuring that the communication had been “immediate”.
“There was a before and after Clermont (match played on December 20 and won 3-1 by SRFC, editor’s note)explained the coach of the Breton club. After this match, he had knee pain which arose quite significantly, after which there was immediate communication between the staff of Stade Rennais and that of the selection, so the elements were given to this that moment. »
Gouiri absent ” a few weeks “
“We had to see if the cut could allow us to recover sufficiently and in this case, that was not the casehe added to journalists. Amine will be absent this weekend, for the Nice reception (January 13) and he will follow a medical protocol to recover which will keep him away from the field for a few weeks. Exactly how long, we don’t yet know. »
And Julien Stéphan concludes: “He is very disappointed, he is the first to be penalized in this story, the selection too, us too. » If the former Lyonnais were to actually miss several weeks of competition, that would not help matters for the Rouge et Noir, only tenth in Ligue 1. And that would undoubtedly block the possible departure of Arnaud Kalimuendo…
