The signature of Valentin Rongier at Stade Rennais decidedly surprised a lot of people, and not only on the side of Nantes.
There had been Adrien Rabiot last summer at OM last summer. This summer, the most astonishing transfer of the offseason may concern Valentin Rongier, who joined Stade Rennais. The former captain of FC Nantes joins the great rival of his training club, and made the journey with another ex-Canari, Quentin Merlin.
Their arrival made a few teeth cringe, and not only on the side of Nantes. And she also surprises on the Rennes side, if we believe the words of one of the players most appreciated by red and black supporters in recent years, Benjamin Bourigeaud.
Valentin Rongier left OM for Rennes.
“I was amazed at the recruitment of Valentin Rongier and Quentin Merlin, explains the current Al-Duhail player
in an interview with
Market Football. On paper, there are two good football players. Valentin, for me, he is a very good league player 1. In football, there are sometimes chambers, others who are a little more marked, images that remain, and therefore necessarily, I was a little surprised. You must also understand the supporters. »»
“Going to the rival club is …”
Benjamin Bourigeaud could not have committed such betrayal. “What they did, I would not be able. I would not be able to go to a rival club, because from the moment I gave everything, I gave all my soul, all my heart for a club, I think that going to the rival club, it is … (it hesitates, editor’s note) for me, I would not succeed. »»
He was a player who played more than 300 games with the SRFC who speaks. “There is this Nantes-Rennes rivalry. Even if I was not trained, I was trained in Lens, so there was a rivalry already with Lille. But inevitably, after 7 years spent in Rennes, we feel a little Rennes. We have red and black blood inside. »»
