Stade Rennais. Between the SRFC and Argentina, an upset tango

Tuesday 19th November 2024 05:48 AM

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The arrival of Jorge Sampaoli on the Stade Rennais bench rekindles a connection with Argentina, and more generally South America, which has rarely borne fruit in the past.

Oscar Muller (2nd from the right), who moved to Stade Rennais in the mid-1980s, is one of the rare Argentinians who succeeded in Rennes. | WEST-FRANCE ARCHIVES

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Oscar Muller (2nd from the right), who moved to Stade Rennais in the mid-1980s, is one of the rare Argentinians who succeeded in Rennes. | WEST-FRANCE ARCHIVES

Jorge Sampaoli embodies a cultural revolution at Stade Rennais, where he is the first non-European coach in more than 120 years of history. By pushing for the arrival of the Argentinian technician, president Arnaud Pouille and sports director Frederic Massara still had the desire to “break the codes” of a club which has often remained in a Franco-French logic for the attribution of its main strategic positions. Especially within the Pinault era, since Sampaoli is the first foreigner in the SRFC organization chart for 18 years and the departure of László Bölöni.

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