→ Danso or Khusanov to finally have a size in defense
Tenth defense in Ligue 1, the Rennes rearguard has been better known since the start of the season for offering gifts than for disgusting opposing attackers. It is an understatement to say that the arrivals of Leo Østigård or Mikayil Faye have not really convinced after five months of competition, and if Rennes wants to win Europe, there is urgency behind it. In addition to recruiting Brice Samba to remedy this, one observation is essential: since the departure of the essential Nayef Aguerd to England, it has been a long time since the Rennes public has been able to benefit from a captain at the back. The failed emergence of Loïc Badé in Breton lands or the panic buy Christopher Wooh, bought for almost 10M in Lens in 2022 and who has never really convinced either, should not make the Rennes leaders doubt: we must return to the charge and poach a new axial who wears the blood and gold tunic. This year in addition, the Lensois vintage is excellent: Abdukodir Khusanov is THE nugget to look for before it flies across the Channel just like Kevin Danso who is without doubt one of the real defensive sure values who could make a great asset to Rennes. To the wise!
→ Florian Sotoca, experience is priceless
Between 32 and 38 matches per season played with 9 to 17 goals/assists scored: for five years in Ligue 1, few offensive players have been as present and regular as the tireless Florian Sotoca. At 34 years old, the Narbonnais still has some left under his belt and if he has not unlocked his counter until then, it is partly because he has fallen behind the young Rémy Labeau Lascary (who, admittedly, comes to become the crusaders) in the offensive hierarchy since the beginning of November, but also M'Bala Nzola in front. So what could be better than a hard worker, a good locker room guy and an experienced attacker who knows the championship perfectly to straighten out the trajectory of the current Rennes attack which has only scored 20 goals – including a quarter of this total against Saint-Étienne on November 30 – with a view to this second part of the season? It’s reflected.
→ The Corons
Roazhon Park? Okay. Erminig? Ok. The sausage patty? Ok. But something is still missing, this thing that pushes Julien Brun to keep quiet each time, when he comments to Bollaert-Delelis for DAZN after returning from the locker room, in order to invite the courageous subscribers to listen to the Lensois supporters sing at the top of your lungs. What if this thing was simply The Corons ? It would indeed be a nice tribute to the Brais mines, located 35km from Rennes and closed since 1951, which employed more than 300 people… Especially since, as we learn, The Telegramthe vocal double of Pierre Bachelet responds to the name of Patrice Le Guen and lives in Plouézec. Or less than 1h30 from the Red and Black lair. The new name of this “Breton” version of Corons everything is already found: « The Crowns »Of course !
→ The Louvre-Lens
It's no secret: François Pinault is a huge fan of contemporary art. And failing to have so far made his Stade Rennais version 2024-2025 a work that we enjoy contemplating for an hour and a half, the Breton owner could well land on his feet by making an acquisition to say the least unexpected: that of the Louvre-Lens. This “little Northerner” of the famous Parisian museum could then be transformed into Louvre-Rennes and accommodate the approximately 10,000 pieces owned by the French billionaire in order to benefit an entire region. Finally, a little indiscretion: it is even rumored that this new project will host a dark room which will broadcast the film Bandidas continuously or alternating with the legendary 3-1 success on the pitch of Real Betis in the round of 32 of the Europa League. As soon as the ticketing site is open, we promise we'll give you the link!
→ The title of champion of France 1998
It seems that you cannot buy titles in football, but an exception could be granted to Stade Rennes. If it has managed to win three French Cups, a Champions Trophy and two second division titles in its long history, it has only managed to win one trophy since Mr. Pinault took over in 1998. : this famous Coupe de France 2019 against PSG. The year 1998 might seem like a happy coincidence, but it also corresponds to the only French champion title for RC Lens, for this band of crazy people made up of Tony Vairelles, Guillaume Warmuz and the late Marc-Vivien Foé. A good way for Stade Rennes to finally be able to celebrate a major national coronation, because without this little sleight of hand and at this pace, this famous “first time » is not about to happen.
And also…: Franck Haise, Seydou Keita, Florent Ghisolfi, Sylvano, the slag heaps, Olivier Thomert, Raphaël Varane in the stands, Pascal Boulogne, Gervais Martel, Hafiz Mammadov, La Gaillette, Jeremain Lens, Lance Armstrong, a slingshot…
The ranking of the most highly rated Ligue 1 squads
