Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Sunday January 5, 2025 at 9:30 p.m.
While the transfer of Brice Samba to Rennes seems to have stalled, Lens general director Pierre Dréossi wanted to clarify the situation concerning the French international goalkeeper.
Brice Samba is at the heart of a real soap opera. Installed as a starter in the RC Lens cage, the French international would finally be on his way to Rennes. However, while the matter seemed to be on track, northern leaders cut the discussions short. Ahead of the reception in Toulouse this Sunday as part of the 16th day of Ligue 1, the general director of RCL Pierre Dréossi spoke at length to the microphone of DAZN and did not fail to mention this affair. “Brice Samba came to see me at the end of the year to tell me that his wish was to leave,” he first confided. We were a little surprised, but hey, it happened like that. We have been contacted by Rennes and we are in negotiations. » Confirming difficulties in the discussions about the 30-year-old goalkeeper, the Artesian leader conceded that the latter “have stopped a little, not stopped, tense” but remain open.
Dréossi confirms that Samba will be replaced
“If the negotiations end in the coming days, he will leave,” confirms Pierre Dréossi. If the negotiations do not succeed, he will not leave, like all transfers. » The latter, however, regretted that there were “far too many rumours” parasitizing this issue, marked by “long negotiations, for almost ten days”. The general director of RC Lens affirms that “there is no agreement” with the Rennes staff, affirming that “we need an end to the negotiations to know whether Brice Samba will leave or not”. In any case, Pierre Dréossi took the opportunity to confirm that his club is moving forward with the recruitment of reinforcement in the cage. “We anticipated the departure of Brice Samba and there is a very good chance that a goalkeeper will arrive in the coming days to be ready for all eventualities,” he said without confirming that the identity of the The person concerned is Jean Butez. “We talk too much about things that don’t exist,” concluded the Lensois leader. There is a guard who will arrive, if he has to arrive, in the next few days. » Not enough to dispel the vagueness in this matter.
