Olympique de Marseille dotted the “i”s in Rennes, with a convincing victory and an equally persuasive message about Valentin Rongier.
A missed penalty, an opener quickly erased at the very end of the first period, Stade Rennais thought for a moment of relaunching against OM this Saturday evening. But the Marseillais then completely mastered the debates to logically win 2-1 at Roazhon Park against a harmless Breton team in the second half. This makes three defeats in a row for Jorge Sampaoli, who clearly cannot find the recipe to wake up this “Red and Black” team, which is in for a difficult season until the end, the second in a row.
The transfer window has not really had its effect, even if Seko Fofana is a player who is moving forward, and Brice Samba made some good saves, while having made very unreassuring restarts. Other players will arrive, and in particular at OM, there is an element that makes Rennes dream. This is Valentin Rongier, whom Pablo Longoria does not wish to sell. However, between a generous transfer and a big long-term contract, the midfielder is tempted by the idea of signing in Brittany even though Marseille has not offered him anything for his future.
Rennes got the message
But don’t touch the former Nantes man, decided Roberto De Zerbi, who passed the message to his president, and so on to the Rennes leaders. Asked on DAZN on the sidelines of the match, sports director Frédéric Massara understood the message. “ He is a very strong player but is absolutely off the market. He’s an important OM player so he’s not an available player at all. It is not on the market », Underlined the Rennes leader, just to put an end to this rumor. However, we must be wary of words in front of the microphones, because Rennes could allow themselves to test the waters again at the end of the transfer window. Especially if Valentin Rongier’s entourage were to relaunch this track in a fortnight’s time.
In the meantime, Rennes came up short across the board, both on and off the pitch, against OM this weekend.
