A diplomatic injury for Mandjeck, Antonetti in trouble?

Announced as suffering with a hamstring injury in a press release published by the club yesterday, Georges Mandjeck is out of the squad to face Bordeaux this Wednesday. Officially, the Cameroonese is therefore unavailable. Officially. Indeed, Le Télégramme affirms that Mandjeck isn’t suffering with any injury, and was simply axed from the professional group for this game.
A new episode following the verbal attack by Frédéric Antonetti against his player, on December 10th against Brest. Although the Rennes manager apologised since, it seems the player hasn’t forgotten the critics against him, as prove the sign he made after scoring in Madrid (photo) and his declarations after the incident.

Also, and while the Breton newspaper is mentioning the existence of tensions between the Rennes manager and some of his players, L’Équipe is putting the emphasis on the poor relationship between Patrick Le Lay and the Corsican manager. After a clash following the defeat in Glasgow, the two men tried to play down their differences in the media. However, according to the sports newspaper, the bad results of December have “deepened the tension within the club” between the Rennes president and his manager.
Before going in holidays, the latter will have to defend his achievements. Indeed, according to our information, Antonetti and Pierre Dréossi should be travelling to Paris this Thursday for a meeting with François Pinault. An interview whose content will naturally be depending in part on the result achieved tonight.