Where is Steve Mandanda? Aged 40, the former porter of the Blues has not had a club since July 1, date of the end of his contract with Stade Rennais. Landed to Brittany from Marseille in the summer of 2022 to bring his experience, he was relegated to the replacement bench last winter with the arrival of Brice Samba.
Having become number 2, Steve Mandanda had made an entry into play in the last match of the season at the Vélodrome stadium, where he was ovationed by his former supporters, he who wore the OM jersey 613 times (between 2007 and 2016 and between 2017 and 2022). After the meeting, he indicated that it was certainly not the last match of his career.
“It was a magical moment. But in my mind, this evening, it was not a jubilee “said the 2018 world champion, who has still not, to date, announced to hang up the gloves. And yet, he did not find a club a week before the closure of the summer transfer window.
Steve Mandanda has proposals … in the media
Staying living in Rennes, where his son Sacha (16) evolves as a youth team, Steve Mandanda continues to speak in case a training came to call him for a last dance. What does not seem topical, no rumor has been circulating about it for several weeks.
What to push “El Fenomeno” to end his football career? This is a hypothesis not to be ruled out and if it were confirmed, the ex-French international (35 selections) already would have proposals for his retraining. According to information from Parisianseveral television channels have already contacted him to offer him a consultant position.