It is a monument of Ligue 1 which is about to play perhaps its latest championship match this Friday at the opening of the 23e lifting. During this Rennes-Reims whose kick-off is scheduled at 8:45 p.m., Steve Mandanda will potentially make his last performance.
It is acquired that the former OM goalkeeper will hold in the Breton cage for the occasion – Brice Samba to serve a suspension match. But for the one who now occupies the second row in the hierarchy of the porters in Rennes, nothing says that other opportunities will arise by the end of the season.
End of contract, and end of career?
The last appearance of Steve Mandanda in L1 dates back to January 3, and the interested party still wore the captain's armband. Yet the arrival of Brice Samba from Lens left him no chance. “” I can only take myself to myself, I was not efficient and from the moment we are not performing, it is something that can happen », He blows, beautiful player, in an interview with RMC.
Almost 40 years old (he will celebrate them on March 28), the international tricolor (35 selections) does not exclude sports retirement after his Breton contract, which expires next June. “”
The rest, there are a lot of questionshe concedes. I can't project myself. Maybe in a month, I will have the answer, I will have advanced on that and I will be able to say it at that time but today, to say what I will do next season, I cannot. (…) I don't know if I have this strength and this desire to continue. »»
