Nothing is going well in Rennes for Baptiste Santamaria

At 29 years old, Baptiste Santamaria is what we can call a Ligue 1 captain, with his 236 Ligue 1 matches under the colors of SCO then Stade Rennais. In Brittany since the summer of 2021, the midfielder, capable of playing as a sentinel or a little higher up the pitch, has made himself indispensable to all the coaches he has worked with… until the arrival of Jorge Sampaoli. Upon his arrival, the former OM coach made strong choices and decided to sideline the native of Saint-Doulchard who only played 4 minutes in a month and a half. At the same time, Sampaoli has already asked his management to recruit a player for his position this winter…

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An untenable situation for a 29-year-old player in the prime of his life and who only aspires to one thing: to play. According to our information, there is clearly water in the gas between Santamaria and the Rouge et Noir club. In this sense, everything indicates that the main interested party will be packing his bags this winter. Now it remains to be seen where. The Saint-Etienne track has been mentioned in recent days, but the player's emoluments (around €180,000 per month until June 2026) will cool many people's enthusiasm. There remains the track leading abroad, he who has already played for a season in the Bundesliga with SC Friborg in 2020-21. So to be continued…