After the controversial signature of Valentin Rongier at Stade Rennais, a radical decision was made for security questions …
This will undoubtedly remain one of the most unexpected transfers of the summer transfer window. At the end of his contract at Olympique de Marseille, Valentin Rongier was asked to leave the Canebière. And the French midfielder took the direction of Stade Rennais, the great rival of his training club, FC Nantes.
Child of the Jonelière, a former Canaries captain, Valentin Rongier had however sworn a few years ago that he would never join the Red and Black, about which he regularly displayed his hostility.
In addition to provoking anger and disappointment in Nantes, the signature of Valentin Rongier was not very well received in Rennes, where the Roazhon Celtic Kop, the main group of supporters, expressed his dissatisfaction.
Rongier, a nantes-rennes under close surveillance
Since his transfer, the former Marseillais has been striving to play down this situation. The communication department of Stade Rennais ironically offered him a small goat, in reference to some of his remarks made towards the players of the Red and Black.
“This is football”, Reacted Rongier, with a big smile, as if all of this was only good -natured chambrage.
This is not quite what emerges from the article in the Team concerning the friendly match scheduled for … Nantes and Rennes, at La Jonelière. If the meeting (3 times 45 minutes) will be played in camera, an important security device has been set up.
“Gendarmerie and municipal police have been warned, and the road to the play plain must be closed to traffic”, warns the team. With Rongier, but also Quentin Merlin and Ludovic Blas, this will make a total of three former Nantes in the staff of Stade Rennais this season.
