It’s a thesis that quickly came out in the press, at the first rumors of Marseille’s interest in Habib Beye, then in the midst of a break with Stade Rennais. Close to the Senegalese technician, OM football director Medhi Benatia would have established contact with the latter even before he was sidelined from the Breton bench. Allegations already brushed aside by the Marseille club.
This Wednesday, however, while Stade Rennais presented its new coach – Franck Haise – in the wake of the late dismissal of Habib Beye, Arnaud Pouille, the president of the SRFC, saw fit to rekindle the flame of the controversy at a press conference, questioning the timing of a divorce that had become inevitable.
Strange timing according to the president of Stade Rennais
“ The only thing that surprised me was the day after the defeat in the Coupe de France (3-0 at the Vélodrome, in the round of 16, on February 3, editor’s note), his desire to leave because we were four days from the end of a transfer window that we had tried to do “, says Arnaud Pouille, who therefore assures that the former OM full-back himself chose to leave the ship.
This congratulating the transfer window “ volume » necessary then accomplished, the Breton leader continues: “ Four days after the end of this transfer window, finding yourself in this configuration was… We’re going to say that you should never be surprised, but it was still strange. » The implication is heavy. And disconcerting when the Rennes staff finally decided to part ways with Habib Beye a few days later, the day after a fourth consecutive setback conceded in front of Lens (3-1).
