Landed at Stade Rennais from Olympique Lyonnais during this long off-season, Florian Maurice attempted a big blow on the summer transfer window.
Well listed in the world of scouting, Florian Maurice is the new technical director of Rennes. Arrived in the suitcases of new president Nicolas Holveck, the former French striker’s mission is to strengthen the workforce of Julien Stéphan for the next season. While the SRFC will play in the Champions League for the first time in its history, after finishing third in Ligue 1 this year, Mauritius has big ambitions in the transfer market. It is for this reason that he tried all for all in the Tanguy Kouassi case. Launched in the deep end by Thomas Tuchel at PSG, the defender finally decided to relocate PSG and Rennes to join Bayern. As of July 1, the 18-year-old will be able to sign his first contract in Munich over a period of five seasons. A choice that Mauritius does not understand.
“Kouassi, it was a great opportunity. When I got there, I said, ‘We’re going, you have to go, it’s an exceptional opportunity’. I knew that with Paris, it was going to be difficult, but frankly, I did not imagine that he left Paris to go to Bayern. I no longer imagined leaving Paris to come to our place because I think the project suited him completely. We never guarantee anything to a player, I am very honest with them, I never promise them that they will play, no. One is the coach who makes the team. Two, it is not because you arrive that you will hold. I never say, ‘You’re going to play so many games’. It would be a lie. Kouassi is going to get a little more playing time and I think we offered him something very interesting “, launched, in Ouest-France, the new boss of the sportsman in Rennes, who still hopes to recruit Mohammed Salisu (Valladolid) to strengthen the central hinge of his new club.
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