Aged 26, Aguerd should commit to England: according to several media, West Ham et Newcastle are interested and the transfer could exceed the 35 million euros.
It would be the biggest capital gain in the history of Renneswhich had bought Aguerd for almost 5 million eurosin Dijon, two years ago.
“Between discovering the Champions League together, qualifying for the Conference League last season, struggling for the Europa League this season, the boiling atmosphere at Roazhon Park against PSG, Lyon, Leicester or OM, I leave the branded club“, announced the player.
Stade Rennais had obtained last summer to extend it until 2025 and did not wish to sell him, but the Rennes leaders had recognized that they would have difficulty retaining him in the event of an attractive offer for him.
When he arrived in the summer of 2020, Aguerd had raised some doubts as injuries had cut into the two seasons of this slender profile in Dijon. But he quickly established himself as a central hinge, chaining matches thanks in part to a particularly strict lifestyle.
“I really like both his ambition and his calm”explained the Rennes coach at the time, Julien Stephan.
When former captain Damien Da Silva left for Lyon last summer, Aguerd took control of the Rennes defense and after having sometimes weighed down his team at the start of the season with a few outbursts of smugness or naivety, he well caught up.
With him on the field, Rennes have averaged 1.9 points per game this season in Ligue 1, against 0.9 points for the seven matches where he was at the CAN, suspended or sick. And his heading game has allowed him to score four goals this season.
In Rennes, Aguerd will leave a gaping hole in central defense. “We will have to recruit two central defenders” (to replace him), had slipped the shareholder Francois Pinault to the press a few weeks ago.
The club only has two young specialists, aged 22: Loïc Badéwho arrived at a golden price from Lens and who struggled to confirm, and Warmed Omari, revelation of the season but who ended it on the kneecaps.
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