There is the photograph of the ranking: a disappointing twelfth place, far from the objectives set before the start of this exercise 2024-25. And then there is another reality, behind the scenes. A field on which Stade Rennais has little more to envy certain league 1 cadors.
For a few seasons, the Breton club has emerged as one of the great players in the transfer window, by its ability to finalize very lucrative sales (Doku, Gifted …), but also by its propensity to invest. The last transfer window did not derogate from the rule.
A successful retraining on the benches.
By attracting many reinforcements, Rennes completely reshaped its workforce this winter. You had to pay the price.
Rennes panics the transfer window
Among the reinforcements of this last winter transfer window, two players symbolize the direction taken by Stade Rennais: Seko Fofana and Brice Samba. Former executives of the Racing Club of Lens, the Ivorian midfielder and the French goalkeeper must bring their experience in a group that lacks lived in Ligue 1.
While Steve Mandanda was the best paid player of the workforce hitherto (300,000 euros monthly), Fofana and Samba are now ahead of the 2018 world champion since according to the newspaper L'Équipe newspaper, the two flagship recruits of January have a monthly salary estimated at 400,000 euros.
