FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIP
Coach had been out of work since being fired by Flamengo in 2023
Published on November 8, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Jorge Sampaoli was fired from Flamengo Credit: Marcelo Cortes/Flamengo
Jorge Sampaoli, former Flamengo coach, signed a contract with the French club Rennes, and returns to active duty after more than a year without working, since being fired from the red-and-black club in September last year. Previously, he had already commanded Santos and Atlético-MG.
This will not be Sampaoli’s first visit to France, having already led Olympique de Marseille in 2021. At the time, the team finished runner-up in France, but dismissed the Argentine coach in 2022 due to problems between the coach and the club’s board of directors. club.
Rennes, in turn, is 13th in the French Championship, having played ten games and reached the mark of 11 points. The challenge now is to climb the table, avoiding the relegation zone, which has Le Havre AC in first place, with just two points less than Rennes.
