After the fog, soon white smoke? Unless he changes his mind down the road, Stade Rennais should finalize an improbable marriage with coach Jorge Sampaoli, the announced successor to Julien Stéphan.
A break in the history of the SRFC, more internationally oriented than ever? For the first time in the Pinault era too (14 coaches!), a coach (the first foreigner since Bölöni between 2003 and 2006) who does not speak French would be in the process of sitting on the Rouge et Noir bench.
Stéphan dismissed, Tambouret au feu…
Rennes, your merciless universe! As strange as it may seem, Julien Stéphan will still have led a training session on Thursday morning, before being notified of his layoff prior to dismissal, as previously announced in our columns. Four days to get there (that's a lot) after the spanking in Auxerre, three (that's not much)…
