Dylan Rodríguez

Central Midfielder - Red Star
8 Jul 2028
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50 Edition

The Stade Rennais Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Emmanuel Biumla says Stade Rennais went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Daniil Khudyakov

Stade Rennais asked and Sturm Graz said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Dylan Rodríguez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Stade Rennais, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Stade Rennais say no — this time

The offer from Stade Lavallois for Yaël Thébault was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Yassir Zabiri signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yassir Zabiri and Stade Rennais agree another 5 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Stade Rennais

Gabri Veiga and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

No hiding place for Yassir Zabiri

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yassir Zabiri, and the manager let it.

Squad

Stade Rennais are still strangers to each other

12 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Market

No place for Giorgos Athanasiadis in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Giorgos Athanasiadis has his answer from Stade Rennais; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Stade Rennais Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Luca Orellano beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 37. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets

Stade Rennais rebuffed over Gabri Veiga

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Porto have kept their man, and Stade Rennais go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets

An offer of $24.1M for Gabriel Cousin

Stade Rennais have gone to Chamois Niortais with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

Stade Rennais bid $6.6M for Obed Nkambadio

The offer went to Paris FC this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Loan watch

The goals keep arriving from Yassir Zabiri’s exile

18 goals in 20 games at Racing Santander — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Stade Rennais updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Squad

A falling-out at Stade Rennais

Boulaye Dia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Nordan Mukiele is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Market

Mahdi Camara told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Mahdi Camara has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stade Rennais.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Charlie Cresswell

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief