The emblematic Marseille goalkeeper signed up for two seasons with the Breton club on Wednesday.
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Something new with the Rouge et Noir. Stade Rennes formalized the arrival of international goalkeeper Steve Mandanda on Wednesday 6 July. The most capped player in the history of Olympique de Marseille (613 games) joins the Breton club for two seasons.
“The man with 695 professional matches and 34 selections with the France team, a French reference in his position, has chosen his new home base. And he will be Breton. The former Marseillais signed a two-year contract with Stade Rennais“, Rennes said in a statement.
The goalkeeper in 695 professional games and 34 selections with the@French team signed a 2⃣ year contract with Stade Rennais FC
— Stade Rennais FC (@staderennais) July 6, 2022
Last Friday, the Rennes coach Bruno Genesio had indicated that he was looking for a goalkeeper to replace Alfred Gomis, holder last season, but who had not given full satisfaction. “It is an arrival which corresponds to the ambitions of the club, commented Olivier Cloarec, the executive president of Stade Rennes, in a press release. Steve’s choice demonstrates once again that the club has changed in size. Given his personality and the osmosis that reigns in our group, I know that his integration into the club will be quick.“.
Trained in Le Havre (2004-2007), Mandanda, 37, then spent his entire career at OM, with the exception of the 2016-2017 season, spent in England, at Crystal Palace. He discovers in Rennes the fourth club of his career.