Stade Rennais: Julien Stéphan dismissed from his duties, a near outcome for his replacement?

Less than a year ago, Julien Stéphan made his return to the Stade Rennais bench, succeeding Bruno Genesio. A failed experience for the winner of the 2019 Coupe de France, who only briefly rectified the Rennes situation, before largely insufficient results since its extension last March. His dismissal was notified to him this Thursday by his managers. He leaves the club with his assistants Denis Zanko and Bouziane Benaraïbi indicates the club. Training will be provided in the short term by Sébastien Tambouret (N3 coach), Denis Arnaud (director of the training center) and Pierre-Alexandre Lelièvre (N3 assistant).

The choice of the new coach still debated

It now remains to be seen who will sit on the Rennes bench this Sunday for the Toulouse reception at Roazhon Park. As it stands, several avenues are still being studied and debated by the Pinault family, Arnaud Pouille and Frederic Massara. They lead to Habib Beye, who could be accompanied by Mathieu Le Scornet as we revealed to you on Tuesday, but also to Jorge Sampaoli, the volcanic Argentine coach who worked for OM during the 2021-2022 season. These two tracks seem the hottest at this time.

As indicated by Ouest-France, the German-Croatian Niko Kovac would also have had recent contacts with the club. We now wonder who will be responsible for making the final decision: is it François Pinault himself, his son François-Henri accompanied by the managers stationed within Stade Rennais, or will a profile succeed in making consensus among all concerned?