After the start of a fairly calm transfer window, the
Stade Rennais has passed the high speed. The cumulative arrivals of two former Nantes from Olympique de Marseille, Valentin Rongier and Quentin Merlin, send a strong signal for the rest.
“We are very satisfied, it was one of our priorities to bring them, it was targeted for a very long time”Enthusiastic Habib Beye was enthusiastic in remarks taken up by L'Equipe.
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“It also requires a lot of work, because they were not in any club, not necessarily a club that wanted to separate from these two players absolutely, so I think that the cell and in particular the sports director (Loïc Désiré) have worked for that and these are players who will bring experience of the high level. »»
Well -targeted profiles
Beye welcomes a player as experienced as Valentin Rongier. “He will bring his experience and maturity. It was a very important element at OM in being a leader in the team and I needed what I very often call coaches, who are able to be relays and analyze the tempo of a match, and to be also leaders in the group. He is a player who arrives with very high goals and who has experienced objective pressure. And we must realize that the objectives will be different this season and that we must assume them, and for that it takes players who have the maturity of endorse this pressure on a daily basis and week after week, it requires stability and I think it will be one of those players who will bring us this emotional stability to continue to progress. »»
Merlin, for his part, has a perfect profile to replace Adrien Truffert. “He can play rear left at four or piston, he has an offensive enormous qualities, he also masters the fact of coming to work from time to time inside and he lived in a club with high goals with a lot of pressure,” adds the Rennes coach. It was also important after the loss of trufflet to get a player who had qualities perhaps different but also similar by the profile. On his athletic activity, it's huge, and we need that in our game. ”
