Transfers and Contracts

John Verhoek, 21, has signed at Stade Rennes to reinforce the team’s attack. Pierre Dréossi, the club’s manager, is requesting patience towards the young Dutch striker, freshly transferred from Holland’s second division.

Pierre Dréossi was speaking to RMC on Tuesday evening. The Rennes general manager gave his comments on Razak Boukari’s arrival, the rest of Rennes’ mercato, and the touchy topic of contract extensions.

This Monday evening, Razak Boukari was introduced to the media. Arriving from Lens, the forward is eagerly waited in Brittany, to help solving the team’s attacking weaknesses.

Stade Rennes announced this Sunday evening that they had reached an agreement with RC Lens regarding the transfer of Razak Boukari. The attacking midfielder will undergo the traditional medical on Monday morning and then join his new team-mates for the mid-season camp planned by Frédéric Antonetti and his staff.

Statistics. In his current position since 2002, Pierre Dréossi has spent many transfer windows recruiting players for Stade Rennes. As yet another one begins, a look at over hundred players who joined the professional team since his arrival allows us to underline some of his recruitment habits. A summary of eight years of transfers.

Decimated by the late departures of Bangoura and Gyan last summer, the Rennes attack needs reconstruction this winter, in order to keep on hoping for European places at the end of the season. Waiting for attacking reinforcements, Frédéric Antonetti hopes the arrival of two additional forwards. Will his wish be realised? Here is a summary of the rumours published over the last few months in the media.

It is official, Rod Fanni will join the Olympique de Marseille after three and a half seasons in Brittany. Arrived in Rennes with the aim to reach another level at the end of two seasons in Nice, he managed it, becoming a French senior international in the meantime. But although planned since a long time, his departure leaves the impression of an unfinished work.

Interview The Rennes supporters are eagerly looking forward to the signing of an attacking player during the next winter transfer window, but the first recruit to arrive in Brittany is a young defender. Pape Malick Kandji, an 18 years old central defender arrived from Senegal, signed a professional contract with the Stade Rennais. Stade Rennais Online met him for you.

After Rennes’ victory against Toulouse, Frédéric Antonetti enjoyed the success with much moderation. Clearly annoyed with Victor Hugo Montaño’s injury, the Stade Rennes manager was keen to remind yet another time that his resources are reduced, especially in attack. Until there, nothing new. But this time, the manager publicly called on his management to give him resources in accordance with the club’s ambitions. Tensions building up?

Seen before the start of the season as a club with an impressive attacking potential, Stade Rennais ended the transfer period by selling Asamoah Gyan and Ismaël Bangoura. This year, Rennes young talents were expected to take over, it is now essential.