Mercato: Sampaoli wants to “consolidate a group in the medium and long term”
Asked about his desires for the winter transfer window, the coach did not detail the positions in which he wishes to strengthen his team, but gave some clues.
Only two games left and it will be a truce for Stade Rennes. The time to breathe will be welcome for a team on the edge of the red zone, but it will also be time to look ahead to the winter transfer window which promises to be hectic for Rennes.
The casting errors seem numerous, and the mayonnaise still does not take effect after 14 days of the championship, between players not initially chosen by a coach who arrived recently, with a game plan very different from his predecessor.
“It is important for us to consolidate a group in the medium and long term. We will start discussing after Angers and before the cup match, with the sports management. We will discuss the needs, the current state of the workforce,” clarifies Sampaoli, this Friday.
“Consolidated” players considered, goalkeeper not a priority
But then, which profiles are targeted? “In football, for me, the fitness of the players is extremely important. Quality arrivals would help us, consolidated players, of good level, but the winter market is not easy. Often the best players are not available. Depending on the diagnosis that we will carry out, we will work to consolidate this group”continues Sampaoli, relaunched further on the theme of the goalkeeper.
“Mandanda is performing well. In the 3 matches that I managed, he had no responsibility for these results. Against Nantes he suffered a strike, against Lille he had to play one on one. Against Saint-Etienne, he had almost nothing to do”judges the technician first. “As for the rest of his career, it also depends on his decision, he is a very professional player, towards whom I have a lot of respect, a player who has had a very long career. I don't really wonder about the identity of the guard. If there are responsibilities, positions that need to be thought about, they are other positions.”. It remains to be seen which ones.
