Is RC Lens set to lose its goalkeeper and captain, although very respected and loved by the Bollaert public, along the way? This is what Lensois coach Will Still suggested this Friday at a press conference. “Brice Samba has made it known that he wants to leave the club,” conceded the 32-year-old Belgian technician. “I learned this from him during the holidays, he told me: 'coach, I received an offer, here is what I want to do'. We are losing an important element,” he regretted.
According to the daily The TeamLens and Rennes have reached an agreement in principle concerning the transfer of the goalkeeper three times selected for the France team. This desire to leave mid-season “is not an ideal situation”, admitted Will Still, but “from the moment his choice is made, there is no more to discuss. We are not going to keep a player who no longer wants to be there. »
No player “more important than the collective” for Will Still
“He's a personality, a great player, but he will be replaced,” assured the coach, specifying that it is his understudy Hervé Koffi, 58 caps with Burkina Faso, who will be in the Lens cages on Sunday against Toulouse.
“No player will be more important than the collective, especially not in Lens,” added the Belgian coach, who arrived this summer from Reims.
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If his arrival in Rennes is confirmed, it will allow the Breton club to make another big move on the transfer market after Wednesday's announcement of the signing of Seko Fofana, ex-captain of Lens exiled in Saudi Arabia. Rennes, 12th in Ligue 1, must offer its new coach Jorge Sampaoli a squad capable of targeting Europe at the end of the season.
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