Fifteenth in Ligue 1 after a first part of the failed season in high widths, the Stade Rennais took a 180 degree turn to try to straighten the bar. Exit Jorge Sampaoli: The Breton club bet on Habib Beye to initiate a rise in the league.
But the Senegalese technician can count on a well -stocked workforce in order to enforce his principles. Rennes was the most active Ligue 1 formation of this winter transfer window. Among the beautiful blows made by the club is Mousa al-Tamari, arrived from Montpellier.
“A huge talent”
Before the trip to Saint-Etienne this Saturday, Habib Beye did not hide his satisfaction at being able to count on such a dangerous attacker in his ranks. “It is a huge talent, which has incredible dribbling, finishing, speed capacities”, The Rennes coach enthusiastic.
“It offers us several options. We are able to hurt the opponent in depth if we have a little. In small spaces, he can connect with others. And it is also a boy who arrives with a smile in training, contagious for others. I like these radiant players who love football and are very simple to manage, because they just want to have fun playing ”concluded Beye.