Expected to leave RC Lens to join Stade Rennais, Brice Samba must be chomping at the bit. Pierre Dréossi, Lens general manager, confirms that negotiations are continuing and that there is a good chance that a new goalkeeper will arrive.
The situation around Brice Samba today resembles a real imbroglio. Just before the official opening of the winter transfer window, negotiations began between RC Lens and Stade Rennais for the transfer of the Sang et Or goalkeeper. If everything led to believe that an agreement had been reached, the Lensoise management took a step back to prolong the negotiations. Left out of the group by Will Still, Brice Samba is at the heart of the debates. At the microphone of DAZN before the reception in Toulouse, Pierre Dréossi, the general director of RC Lens, took the time to discuss the situation of his player. He confirms that the transfer did not fall through and that the recruitment unit is working on the arrival of his replacement.
“For Brice Samba? We always negotiate”
« Brice Samba was announced as the starter, but it is not the responsibility of RC Lens. He came to see me at the end of the year to tell me that his wish was to leave. We have been contacted by Rennes and we are in negotiations. They have become tense, but we are still negotiating. If the negotiations end in the coming days, he will leave, otherwise he will not leave. They have been going on for almost ten days, but for the moment, there is no agreement. If he stays? We anticipated Brice's departure and there is a good chance that in a few days a goalkeeper will arrive. If it has to happen, it will happen », Explained Pierre Dréossi on the sidelines of Lens – Toulouse, who does not hesitate to deny the rumors about the end of discussions with Stade Rennais.
When the match kicks off, the man who was until now the captain of RC Lens will watch the match from the stands. A soap opera which should end in the days to come.
