The Stade Rennais Courier
The dugout12 Jul 2027
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 targets12 Jul 2027
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.
Market12 Jul 2027
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 The request is on a desk at Stade Rennais, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market12 Jul 2027
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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
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 dugout12 Jul 2027
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.
Squad12 Jul 2027
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.
Market12 Jul 2027
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
- Market 48 months and counting on Arnaud Nordin
- Squad A row about effort at Stade Rennais
- The dugout Quentin Merlin has been promised minutes