2023-08-14 18:02:58
Nemanja Matic is officially a Stade Rennais player. While his name was already on everyone’s lips since his arrival on the banks of the Vilaine on Sunday evening, he will now officially be able to be chanted every weekend by supporters of the Rouge et Noir. Freshly landed from Rome for an amount estimated at around two million euros, the 35-year-old Serbian international midfielder successfully passed his medical examination on Monday. He signed up for two years with the Breton club.
91 European Cup matches
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Looking for an experienced midfielder to meet all the challenges of a season full of ambitions, Stade Rennais have a choice reinforcement there. “A world-class player joins us, rejoices President Olivier Cloarec, at the forefront of this file. His extraordinary European experience will reflect on the whole club and especially among our young players.
With more than 600 high-level matches, including 91 in the European Cup to his credit, Matic played for ten seasons in the Premier League (five at Chelsea, five at Manchester United). A duty player, elegant, the Serbian midfielder has three English championships to his name (2010, 2015 and 2017), all acquired with the Blues, but has never won a Continental Cup despite three Europa League finals played: in 2013 with Benfica Lisbon, in 2021 with Manchester United and in 2023 with AS Roma (edition of which he was elected in the standard team).
Matic was one of Mourinho’s favorite players. | AFP View full screen Matic was one of Mourinho’s favorite players. | AFP
The club grows
Although he started the majority of Serie A matches on the bench (16 times as a starter, 19 times as a starter), he still had a full season under Portuguese coach José Mourinho, with more than 3,000 minutes played in all competitions.
His arrival is in line with the biggest hits made by the Breton club on the transfer market.
Capable of attracting the 2018 world champions Steven Nzonzi (in Rennes from 2020 to 2021, also spent by AS Roma) and Steve Mandanda, the Rouge et Noir have in the past already been able to welcome other prestigious names, image of ex-French international Hatem Ben Arfa, or Brazilian winger Raphinha. More recently, the club did not hesitate to take out the checkbook to secure the services of coveted players: Jérémy Doku, bought 26 million euros (2020) but especially Amine Gouiri, bought 28 million euros last season and the most expensive rookie in club history.
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This means that the club is growing and that great players want to come to Stade Rennais. It’s a good thing for the club, said Rennes coach Bruno Genesio at a press conference following the match once morest Metz.
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