Stade Rennais has made an offer to FC Barcelona for Mikayil Faye

Ligue 1 certainly appreciates Mikayil Faye. At 20, the central defender has never had a chance in the FC Barcelona first team. However, he is an essential element of the reserve team, which has earned him the title of Senegalese international. He celebrated his first selection in the spring, scoring his first goal against Gabon in the process. His performances with Barça B and the Lions of Teranga have not gone unnoticed in our championship.

A few days ago, we told you that OGC Nice and AS Monaco were on his trail. With the upcoming departure of Jean-Clair Todibo to West Ham, the Aiglons don’t have many players left in central defense. There are only Dante and the young Antoine Mendy in this position where Pablo Rosario and Youssouf Ndayishimye are called upon to help out, especially since Franck Haise plays with three at the back. On the ASM side, the needs are less urgent but Faye’s potential is interesting.

Rennes has gone on the offensive

There would now be a third Ligue 1 thief in the dance. According to information from SportStade Rennais has made a concrete offer to the Blaugranas. This would even be the second offensive of the summer from the Bretons after having seen an attempt of €7 million being refused. This second offensive would be much more important, at €10 million, in addition to a percentage of a possible resale of up to 20%. For the daily, Rennes has acceded to certain requests from Barça. Enough to make this file quite concrete.

It remains to be seen whether this will be enough to convince the Catalans to give up their hope, they who, let us remember, need to sell fairly quickly. On the Rennes side, the needs in defense are also quite urgent. Theate’s future is uncertain, Belocian has left, Østigård has arrived but Julien Stéphan’s men appeared to be struggling in this sector of the game last season. It would be a question of not repeating the same mistakes, which have cost dearly over the entire season.