Very active this summer, Stade Rennais is about to complete a transfer that will go down in history.
Since the opening of the summer transfer window, Stade Rennais has been on all fronts. After two consecutive years concluded with a qualification in the Europa League, the Breton club intends to take a new step this season. With a fully assumed objective: a qualifying ticket for the prestigious Champions League. With this in mind, Florian Maurice and the club’s sports management have put the small dishes in the big ones. Rennes has thus strengthened in a very relevant way with the arrival of heavy reinforcements such as Enzo Le Fée, Ludovic Blas or the very experienced Nemanja Matic.
But if Rennes was still one of the biggest spenders on the market, the club was no less active in the sales department. One of them should go down in history. Barring an unlikely turnaround, Stade Rennais should sell their striker Jérémy Doku to Manchester City. A transaction still difficult to imagine a few weeks ago.
Rennes completes an unprecedented transfer!
Hard-hitting, fast and with a good margin of progress, Jérémy Doku caught the eye of Pep Guardiola, who wanted to have an additional breaking player in his workforce. Selling a player to Manchester City will be a great first for Stade Rennais. Above all, the amount of this transaction should go down in history since the deal could reach compensation of 65 million euros! The media The Athletic even specifies that Rennes wanted to obtain 85 million euros for the transfer of their Belgian striker, but common ground was found for a less substantial amount. A blow that remains huge for a club of this size.
