Targeted by Rennes supporters, Valentin Rongier, trained at FC Nantes, returned to his chamber to the Breton club when he was at the Canaries.
Valentin Rongier is about to experience a new adventure. After six years at Olympique de Marseille, the 30 -year -old midfielder resolved to leave the sky and white to join Stade Rennais. A signature which aroused very strong reactions. Consequence of its long history with FC Nantes.
If he is from Franche-Comté, Valentin Rongier joined the Loire-Atlantique at only five years old and made his classes at FC Nantes, with which he launched his professional career and of which he was the captain at only 22 years old. He then did not hesitate to slander on Stade Rennais, historic rival of the Canaries.
In 2017, Valentin Rongier had posted a photo of goats on his social networks by adding “Cuckoo the Rennais”. A year later, he assured that he could never play in Rennes. “It is a club in the region that has many supporters. A Nantes rival for a long time, with Bordeaux. As I am Nantes, since I was little, it is necessarily a club that I see as enemy. It is a club that does not attract me at all. And it’s not like I was in Nantes. It’s my 18th season, I have the club in me. I couldn’t go there. I don’t know if I would be welcome ”, he had confided.
Valentin Rongier includes Rennes supporters
Valentin Rongier had seen right: the distrust of Rennes supporters towards him is immense, which he easily understands.
“Of course I understand them. I am quite sensible like no one and I understand them perfectly. Everyone can have their opinion and I hear it too. There are some who are against my coming, there are some who are for, He said during a video interview with the club’s media. I know this is the rule of the game. Now it was a long time ago. It was also a different context because I was a Nantes player. »»
But to believe, this period is behind him.
“When we went through the training center, whether on the side of Rennes or on the Nantes side, I think we try to cultivate this rivalry a little bit and this derby. But for me, if you take up my words and my chambrages, it has always been a good child. I never wanted to disrespect the Rennes institution or their supporters, he assured. If there are some who felt injured or offended by my words, in this case I am sorry. »»
