Stade Rennais Mercato: Pouille reproduces his mistakes at RC Lens, a whistleblower pins him down

Ejected at RC Lens for spending lavishly, Arnaud Pouille is doing it again at Stade Rennais.

If Stade Rennais shows its muscles in this winter Mercato by first going for Seko Fofana (Al-Nassr) and forcing Brice Samba (RC Lens), the other side of the coin of this risky strategy driven by the new CEO of the Rouge et Noir Arnaud Pouille is that the Pinault family is being asked to take over the portfolio.

Pouille explodes the wage bill at Stade Rennais

On “It therefore completes the delirious summer of sports director Massara and the Pinaults validate all that…” writes the investigative journalist.

However, if Rennes – which was only 12^th of Ligue 1 before the 16th day – manages to achieve a huge comeback with Jorge Sampaoli at the helm, it is a safe bet that these heavy investments will be forgotten. If this is not the case, however…