Posted on December 19, 2021 at 3:40 pm by La Rédaction
Although he left Stade Rennais after a delicate period, M'Baye Niang pays a tribute to Julien Stephan, his former coach.
Recruited for € 15M in 2019 after a successful stint in Serie A , M'Baye Niang finally had a mixed experience in Brittany concluded with a loan to Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia before being released to engage with the Girondins de Bordeaux. But M'Baye Niang keeps excellent memories of his time in Rennes , in particular under the orders of Julien Stephan . “In Rennes, I found a coach who had identified the character. We understood each other in terms of character, of football vision. We both found our happiness. We talked about our relationship at the end of our story, but he's a coach for whom I have a lot of respect and admiration (…) It's a period of my life when I was very happy, while being 100% on the ground ”, he assures in the columns of the Southwest.