Lens delayed the transfer of Brice Samba to Rennes by deploring the Breton club's “communication policy” following, perhaps, the slightly dull presentation video of Seko Fofana.
A 15 million euro transfer canceled because of a mockery? According to information from RMC Sport revealed on Friday, Lens put a serious brake on the departure of Brice Samba (30) to Rennes by deploring Rennes' “communication policy”, particularly its management. Despite this, negotiations continue between the two parties for the French international (3 selections), as Pierre Dréossi, general manager of Lens, told DAZN on Sunday.
Fries and Pierre Bachelet
“The negotiations are still ongoing, they are tense,” he declared. “There are far too many rumors. It's a long negotiation, it's been going on for around ten days but there is no agreement.” But what exactly does Racing blame at Stade Rennais? Nothing is clearly indicated but Sang et Or supporters had very little taste of the video announcing the signing of Seko Fofana last week.
In this one, the Breton club makes allusions to his past as a player at RC Lens, of which he was also a shareholder until last week, with somewhat clumsy photos. Gathered for New Year's Eve, the fake guests celebrate the new year by eating fries, a specialty of Hauts-de-France, with a reference to Pierre Bachelet, singer of Corons, Bollaert's legendary song. Did this video also scold the leaders of Lens? The main stakeholders did not speak out on the subject.
The signing of Fofana, a legend at Lens to the point of joining the board of directors when he leaves in 2023, in Rennes may have gone down badly. The attempt by Arnaud Pouille – appointed executive president of Rennes last October after having been one of the architects of the renewal of Lens between 2017 and 2024 – to poach one of the key elements of Will Still's system may also contribute to complicate negotiations. These are still ongoing but they are not simple.
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