Stade Rennais – Monaco: When the news steals the spotlight from the match
For this 7th day of Ligue 1, the news in Rennes is marked more by a new upheaval in the organization chart than by an important match before the break.
The news broke suddenly this week, and was made official yesterday. Arriving in 2021, the last member of the trio formed a year ago with Bruno Genesio and Florian Maurice, Olivier Cloarec was landed by Stade Rennais at a time when the team is still slipping at the start of the season.
Responsible for the transfer window in the direction of exits having generated around 150 million euros, the executive president has a good record with the Breton club, concluded however by a last season which saw the SRFC outside the European places for the first time since six years.
The manager will therefore not see the inauguration of Piverdière 2, the new training center which will open its doors to professionals at the start of next year. Cloarec will have led this file just like others, in particular that of the new stadium, still at a standstill despite the identification of the land located at the old Barre-Thomas.
Cloarec, Bourigeaud, and Monaco
It was with a certain emotion that the employees ended their week, with a farewell to a popular president within the services. In this trying context, the day after the shock caused by this decision, the reception this Saturday from Monaco seems almost secondary in the club’s news. Rennes comes out of a more than complicated match in Paris, welcoming a tough opponent in a Roazhon Park which is still impregnable this season (2 wins, one draw).
The wind of nostalgia will blow all the stronger as it is in this match that Benjamin Bourigeaud will make his return to Rennes, expected in his lair a month after his departure to Al Duhail. The former number 14 will therefore be welcomed by a new president, Arnaud Pouille, also ex-Lensois.
In this atmosphere which promises to be extremely special, Rennes should evolve with more recruits, still in its 3-4-3. Thursday, Julien Stéphan explained that he wanted to keep the same course in his game plan, despite this difficult start to the season. A desire to maintain management, unlike the club.
