After having hoped for a while for Pierre Lees-Melou, Stade Rennes fell back on Rémois Azor Matusiwa. It's closed. The 25-year-old Dutch midfielder signs until 2028 for the Breton club. A transfer estimated at €20 million including bonus. “I thought about it a lot because it’s not easy to leave a team in the middle of the season. I only see positive points, Stade Rennais has a lot of ambitions,” relishes the person concerned, on the website of his new team. “We were looking for a player with high potential and significant experience. Great opportunities are rarer during winter transfer windows, even more so when we target senior players at their club. This is still proof of the attractiveness of the Rennes sporting project and its ambitions,” smiles Olivier Cloarec, Executive President – General Director of the SRFC.
A priori, Stade Rennes should not stop there: Clermontois Alidu Seidu should follow. There is also a question of a defender and an attacker. Matusiwa, who joined Reims and Ligue 1 in 2021, compensates for the probable future departure of Serbian Nemanja Matic.