After Brice Samba, whose signing is imminent, Stade Rennais wants to bring in Seko Fofana and for this the Breton club has validated an offer of 20 million euros.
To make Jorge Sampaoli happy to relaunch a team which was the big disappointment of this first half of the season, this is the objective that the leaders of Stade Rennais have set for themselves. And the Pinault family will not skimp on spending, since the Breton club is preparing to spend 35 million euros to recruit two players. Initially, and quickly after the opening of the winter transfer window, Lens should formalize the transfer of Brice Samba to Rennes for 15 million euros, but still, the current twelfth in the Ligue 1 ranking is in a situation to bring Seko Fofana back into the French championship. For this, and according to The Teaman offer worth 20 million is ready from Brittany to the clubAl-Nassr.
A Saudi rival for Rennes in the Fofana case
The Saudi club, which bought Seko Fofana from RC Lens for 23 million euros in the summer of 2023, is ready to give a favorable response to Stade Rennais, but the sports daily reveals that another Saudi Pro League team is entered into competition, in recent hours, with the French club. “ But today, Rennes is well placed to reconfigure its midfield with a rare profile and give some reason for hope to the fans of the Breton club for this return phase. », specifies Hugo Delom. In this operation, Stade Rennais has a major asset, namely that Arnaud Pouille, the president of the club and former Sang et Or, has always maintained contact with the former Lensois and that he spoke directly and for several weeks with Seko Fofana this possible signing at Stade Rennais from the winter transfer window.
A recruitment which was obviously validated by Jorge Sampaoli, the Argentine coach who knows the French international environment very well and would have liked to have signed for OM when he was there. In other words, the puzzle is now almost complete, Rennes hoping to quickly formalize all of this, which would be the first big cut of the winter transfer window in Ligue 1…after or before the signing of Brice Samba.
