While Jorge Sampaoli seems to want to rely on Steve Mandanda to get Stade Rennais out of the slump in which it is stuck this season, the prospect of a new goalkeeper could be activated.
If Jorge Sampaoli's first steps at Stade Rennais seem to be going smoothly, it will be good to judge his first starting XI against LOSC on Sunday at Roazhon Park, as part of the 12e Ligue 1 day (3 p.m.). Will Steve Mandanda be part of it in particular? This is what the Argentine coach seemed to imply when discussing their troubled past at OM, where the latter had accelerated the benching of the French goalkeeper in favor of Pau Lopez and his kicking game. .
“If he can’t find anything better, he’ll stay with Mandanda but…”
Around Rennes, we are already starting to doubt Sampaoli's good intentions with Mandanda. “Sampaoli will shake up the habits of Stade Rennais and in particular the habits of its players,” Florent Gautreau analyzed at RMC Sport. Maybe even bring some reinforcements, in defense and I would even go so far as to change goalkeeper probably quickly since Sampaoli had done it at OM. If he can't find better, he will stay with Steve Mandanda but if we want to take players who we are sure that their prime is behind them, why not go that far. The locker room will move, things will move. »
