Jorge Sampaoli will not have taken time to analyze the shortcomings of his squad. During a press conference before the match between Stade Rennais and AS Saint-Etienne, the new Rennes coach did not mince his words, indicating that he does not have players capable of making a difference: “We need players who make the difference, win matches on their own. And in Rennes I don’t see any,” he confided.
Reality, or fakery to pique its players? I think that it is above all a message sent to the sports management of Stade Rennais, namely the need to recruit during the January transfer window.
But before recruiting, sports director Frédéric Massara will have to relieve the SRFC of players who do not fit into Jorge Sampaoli's plans. Among these players, there is a very big enigma.
Arrived this summer in Rennes from Crystal Palace, Naouirou Ahamada has still not played a single second this season. Not in Julien Stéphan's little papers, the young 22-year-old midfielder is not favored by Jorge Sampaoli who did not select him for the ASSE reception.
It is therefore in this context that Naouirou Ahamada should not stay forever at Stade Rennais. Indeed, Frédéric Massara is already working on this file, and hopes to be able to find an agreement with Crystal Palace to terminate the loan contract of the native of Marseille.
