Jorge Sampaoli will become the new coach of Rennes in the coming hours. The fiery Argentinian arrives to wake up a locker room and even an entire club. But Stade Rennais only considers him as a firefighter on duty.
The temperature will suddenly rise near Rennes. Brittany will not experience an Indian summer but rather an Argentinian autumn. The fiery Jorge Sampaoli will settle on the Rennes bench during the international break. A demanding technician, Sampaoli is above all a man of character. An option as attractive as it is risky for a club as polite as Stade Rennais. Jorge Sampaoli is not known for staying in a team for very long since his last experiences did not exceed about a year each.
Rennes dreams of Franck Haise
Can the Argentinian sign up for the long term in Rennes? This does not necessarily take the path according to the information from The Team. Indeed, the sports daily specifies that Jorge Sampaoli is mainly there to resolve the current crisis in the short term. “ It's a transition, it's Rennes confronted with a new functioning, a transition which can be positive, even necessary. He is a coach who is not afraid of this kind of situation, a strong man. We say why not, let's see. After traditional choices, it's completely new and it makes sense. Maybe afterwards, Rennes will have grown up and come back to something more traditional », Says a source close to the club.
Indeed, Stade Rennais is already thinking about Sampaoli's successor. According to the national daily, the name of Franck Haise is on everyone's minds in Brittany. The current Nice coach is well known in Rennes for having managed the training center in the past (2006-2012). In addition, he would find a relative in Brittany in the person of Arnaud Pouille. Former general manager of RC Lens, the latter became the executive president of the Breton club last summer. It remains to convince Nice to part ways with a coach appointed only last summer and it will not be an easy task.
