Rennes - Lens : No double bonus

After their victory against Lens (2-0) on Saturday evening, some Rennes players kept their heads well screwed on. The scene his related by daily newspapers Ouest-France and L’Équipe: as he came to congratulate the players at their exit from the pitch, Patrick Le Lay was nicely caught by Jérôme Leroy, who requested that the president would double the players’ bonus after they provisionally took the lead in the Ligue 1 table.

The midfielder would get no agreement however. In Rennes, bonuses are indeed calculated in runs of four games. And Leroy replied to Le Lay “That he really is lucky to have a young squad. As normally, it should be a double bonus».