We are certainly not at the level of Olympique de Marseille, where the phone of Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia must be overheating. But for Stade Rennais, too, this transfer window was rich in twists and turns, especially at the end.
The Breton leaders first opted for secure values ​​from Ligue 1, first recruiting the Marseillo-Nantes Valentin Rongier and Quentin Merlin, then Premislaw Frankowski and Mahdi Camara. Then, the priority was to rebuild the offensive sector after the departure of Arnaud Kalimuendo in Nottingham Forest.
Rennes struck a first shot by offering Esteban Lepaul, the former scorer of Angers, who found the net in his first Sunday … Facing the SCO. But Habib Beye wanted another center forward.
Sunday evening, the transfer of Breel Embolo was announced on the right track, but the Swiss striker on Monday morning, no longer looked very hot. Finally, a few hours before the fence of this transfer window, the former Schalke 04 player will make the journey from Monaco to Rennes. For an estimated transfer of 15 million euros.
