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Antonetti didn't want to “impose” Sadio Diallo

2012-03-01T15:33:49Z

Sadio Diallo will join the Stade Rennais next summer. Until then, the Guinean international is finishing the season with SC Bastia, with which he is fighting for promotion to Ligue 1. In L'Équipe today, a laudatory portrait is made of the Bastia player, who scored six goals and gave two assists (...) - English version

Stade Rennais Online is recruiting an English Website Writer/Translator/Editor

2012-02-24T10:30:23Z

Dear Stade Rennais Online readers, As you can see, the activity has been rather reduced recently on the English version of Stade Rennais Online. Because of a lack of time mainly, and because of some real life priorities that don't leave me with much time to update the site fully. At this (...) - English version

Transfers : Dréossi makes it official for S. Diallo

2012-02-01T20:58:04Z

Sadio Diallo will indeed join Stade Rennais last summer. Several weeks after it was announced by the SC Bastia management, Pierre Dréossi confirmed it this Wednesday via a press release from the club. Described by the general manager as a « very technical player », Diallo is currently playing in (...) - English version

Transfers: Mandjeck will join Auxerre

2012-01-30T22:49:38Z

Lacking playing time since a month, and his altercation with Frédéric Antonetti, Georges Mandjeck will sign a four-year contract with AJ Auxerre. Information confirmed by the Auxerre president Gérard Bourgoin in a press conference. Arrived in Rennes in July 2010 from Stuttgart, Mandjeck never (...) - English version

Dréossi : the transfer of Erding is “something big”

2012-01-26T22:50:25Z

Although the transfer of Mevlüt Erding is “something big” for the Stade Rennais, as Pierre Dréossi recognised in the press conference, the general manager however assured that it was completed “without changing the club's wage policy”. Implying that the player's salary will be clearly under the (...) - English version

Erding: “in the best place”

2012-01-26T22:34:25Z

After he nearly joined Rennes last August, Mevlüt Erding has finally dropped his suitcases in Brittany. The 24 years old French-Turkish striker signed a three and a half year contract which ties him to Stade Rennais until 2015. Although his willingness to join the Rouge et Noir has been in (...) - English version

Former Players: N'Siabamfumu on trial in Nantes

2012-01-24T23:00:00Z

He was one of these great prospects Stade Rennais lost on the way, Olivier N'Siambamfumu could have hoped for a different career, had it received wiser advice. A year before he left his training club in 2006, N'Siabamfumu, then labelled “the new Lilian Thuram”, had won the U19 Euro with France, (...) - English version

Transfers, official : Erding arrives in Rennes

2012-01-24T21:52:57Z

The information became official by 19:00. After long weeks of discussions, Mevlüt Erding, Stade Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain have finally reached an agreement. Except for a last minute unplanned circumstance, the Turkish international will undergo his medical on Wednesday, according to the (...) - English version

Rennes - Marseille: Mbia will be absent

2012-01-24T21:44:32Z

Didier Deschamps will have very limited options to form his centre-back pair this week-end, for the trip to Rennes. Already without Souleymane Diawara, absent for the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, the Marseille manager will have to cope without Stéphane Mbia, injured on Sunday against Le (...) - English version

AfCON 2012 : Mali call Diarra back

2012-01-23T20:18:00Z

There will finally be a fifth Rennes player at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. After the attacking midfielder Mahamane Traoré (Metz) had to leave the group because of an injury, Mali national coach Alain Giresse decided to call Cheick Fantamady Diarra. Diarra was orginally included in a 27-man (...) - English version

Former Players: Katongo talks about Lybia

2012-01-23T20:09:03Z

2011 was a year of change for several North-African and Arabic countries. Among them, Libya went through a civil war which resulted in the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, who governed the country since over forty years. Arrived in Libya in August 2010 after a season in the South African, former (...) - English version

AfCON 2012: Pitroipa also defeated

2012-01-23T19:52:26Z

Just like his club team-mate Kader Mangane, Jonathan Pitroipa started the 2012 African Cup of Nations on a low. The Rennes winger and his national team, Burkina Faso, were defeated by Angola (1-2) and have already compromised their chances to appear in the quarter-finals. In the starting XI, (...) - English version

Coupe de France : Rennes - Evian TG in the round of 16

2012-01-22T21:42:18Z

The draw for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France has been completed this Sunday evening on Eurosport. After Nancy and Nice, Stade Rennais will once again face a Ligue 1 team, Evian Thonon Gaillard. The game will be played either on Tuesday 7th or Wednesday 8th February at the Stade de la (...) - English version

AfCON 2012 : Mangane starts with a defeat

2012-01-21T23:00:00Z

One of the favourites of the competition, Senegal started its Africa Cup of Nations very well. Against the Zambia of former Rennais Felix Katongo, Senegal lost 2-1 and confirmed its really average series of friendly games. Starting at centre-back, Kader Mangane couldn't prevent the defeat of (...) - English version

Transfers : Diallo will join Rennes in June

2012-01-19T22:23:45Z

Bastia's attacking midfielder Sadio Diallo will be joining Rennes next June. His transfer, agreed after an agreement was found between the management of the two clubs and the player, was suspended to the situation of SC Bastia with the DNCG. Banned from recruiting, the Corsican club could not, (...) - English version

Former players: Le Toux on trial in England

2012-01-19T22:11:53Z

After France and the United States, where he became an absolute icon with the years, could Sébastien Le Toux reappear in a major European championship? A true possibility, since the former Stade Rennais full-back is on trial since Wednesday at the Bolton Wanderers, currently in a difficult (...) - English version

Antonetti : “I spoke to Erding on the phone”

2012-01-18T22:47:29Z

Invited to talk on air at RMC, Frédéric Antonetti was brought to comment the winter transfer window. A “quiet” month of January according to the Rennes manager, which the Rouge et Noir didn't contribute to make any livelier. While no major transfer is expected in terms of departures, the (...) - English version

Former Players : Cheyrou ready to retire ?

2012-01-18T19:14:46Z

Sitting on the bench with Sylvain Wiltord, yesterday in Guingamp, Bruno Cheyrou could have made his last appearance on a professional match sheet. Indeed, according to L'Équipe, Nantes offered him a reconversion allowing him to leave the pitches and become a scout for the club, without giving (...) - English version

International: a hat-trick for Hadji before the AfCON

2012-01-17T17:47:06Z

The African Cup of Nations will start this Saturday, with a group phase lasting until February 1st and the final on the 12th. In their preparation for the competition, the sixteen teams involved are multiplying the friendly games after their training camps. Following a camp in Marbella, the (...) - English version

Apam: « It really feels good »

2012-01-17T13:37:22Z

Finally operational after his long knee injury, Onyekachi Apam has found the taste of the competition again during the last month. A come back sealed last Saturday with a very promising performance against Caen, for his big return in Ligue 1. « It really feels good doing what I know best (...) - English version