“We were told after the Le Havre match,” reveals Stéphan

Fifteen days to conduct an audit on the way in which the club's different performance units function and interact: this is the mission entrusted to Grégory Dupont by the management of Stade Rennais, as revealed by Ouest-France on Monday October 28.

Asked about this subject on Friday, during the press conference preceding the trip of the Rouge et Noir to Auxerre on Sunday November 3 (5 p.m.) on behalf of the 10^e day of Ligue 1, Julien Stéphan confirmed that this decision was due to “from management. We were told this after the Le Havre match (1-0 victory). There is no impact on our daily life or our functioning. I can't say more because it's not our own initiative, we the staff. »

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“I am not responsible for his arrival”

For what he described as « mission d’observation »Julien Stéphan meets Grégory Dupont again, whom he knows well having collaborated with in Strasbourg. “We know each other very well. But you have to distinguish everything. We worked together for a year and a half, but today, at the request of management, he is coming to do a 15-day audit. I can't say much more because I am not responsible for his arrival. »

This audit, which takes place in a context where questions concerning the future of Julien Stéphan on the Rennes bench have not been entirely swept away by the short success against Le Havre, was however considered by the technician as “a good idea. Any idea that would help develop performance, any gains that can be made, are good ideas. »