Stade Rennais is thinking of Rudi Garcia!

This summer, Stade Rennais put nearly 80 million euros on the table to strengthen its team. Several interesting profiles like Jota or Mika Faye have arrived in Brittany, suggesting an ambitious and rather interesting season. But for now, the reality on the ground is quite different… This weekend, Julien Stéphan’s men, for example, suffered a major setback against Auxerre, losing 4-0 in Burgundy.

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The future of the coach is therefore seriously in doubt, and it is very likely that he will be dismissed from his functions in the coming days. Sadly thirteenth in Ligue 1 with three victories in just ten days, Stade Rennais is far from what was expected, even if it is true that the European positions are only a small handful of points away.

A choice from Massara

Stéphan also sees himself able to continue. “I have the energy to continue, so I might anticipate a question. I have the energy to fight, the energy to do everything I can to help this team progress. It’s not for me to answer that. I don’t have those keys, they’re not mine. I’m talking to you about my state of mind, what I have in mind. The rest is not my responsibility.”he confided after the weekend’s defeat, but his management is already looking for a replacement. In recent days, the names of Igor Tudor and Patrick Vieira had already come out. And now according to our information, Stade Rennais is also thinking of Rudi Garcia, who needs no introduction.

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He knows the sporting director Frédéric Massara well, with whom he had worked at Roma during his adventure with La Louve between 2013 and 2016. Garcia is also a choice of the former sporting director and manager of the team. Roman, more than that of Pinault. The former LOSC and Caen attacking midfielder has been without a club since his departure from Naples, where things went badly and where he left only three months after the start of the 2023/2024 season. He could therefore quickly return to Ligue 1, having been dismissed by OL in May 2021 after poor results and a very tense relationship with Juninho. To be continued…