The new Stade Rennais coach wants to strengthen his team in the winter transfer window. For this, the Breton club will have to sell and the name of Arnaud Kalimuendo returns to the corridors of Roazhon Park.
Rennes is not yet in danger in the Ligue 1 standings, but any result other than a victory on Sunday against Angers will bring the Breton club closer to the red zone, since Le Havre, 17th and first relegation, is only two points from the formation of Jorge Sampaoli. Whatever happens at the end of 2024, Rennes leaders want to give the Argentine coach reinforcements during the next winter transfer window. But for that, we will have to separate for several days, and West France confirms that Arnaud Kalimuendo, whom Rennes had brought from Paris Saint-Germain in 2022 for the tidy sum of 20 million euros, could leave Stade Rennais as early as January, and that therefore the match against SCO could be his last at Roazhon Park with the Rennes jersey.
Kalimuendo can bring big returns to Rennes
At a press conference, the 22-year-old center forward, who is linked until 2027 with Stade Rennais, did not want to expand on this subject, but the regional daily confirms that the departure of Arnaud Kalimuendo in January 2025 would not be the surprise of the century. “ During the last two transfer windows, Rennes had refused fairly substantial offers (especially German ones), preferring to keep it. In January, as the club considers signing players in every line, it could be different », confirm our colleagues. It is true that this season, if the former PSG player has scored six goals, four have been on penalties, and on Jorge Sampaoli's side we would not say no to a change in the offensive sector. The money thus collected by the sale of Arnaud Kalimuendo will not be too much either to strengthen each line of a team currently in full doubt and which last summer totally failed in its transfer window by letting too many players leave. experienced players.
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