Julien Stéphan’s side were once a guide for sustainable growth, but has player-churn policy led to Ligue 1 slump?
By Eric Devin for Get French Football News
Have Rennes taken it too far in their constant churn of players? The likes of Eduardo Camavinga, Jérémy Doku and Ousmane Dembélé have all benefited from their time at Roazhon Park, a club which has made its name selling and producing young players and investing the proceeds. In recent years, the club also became a regular in Europe, having not missed out since 2017-18 – at least until this season.
With their coffers swelling from their turnover in player sales and regular participation in European football, one would have thought that recent heavy investment in their playing staff – Enzo Le Fée, Amine Gouiri and Arnaud Kalimuendo each cost more than €20m, a statement sum for any team aside from Paris Saint-Germain – would have kept this going at a canter.
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