Bruno Genesio Addresses Misinterpretation of Désiré Doué Controversy

Last Sunday, the defeat of Stade Rennes in Montpellier quickly gave way to a controversy surrounding Désiré Doué. Left to rest due to his psoas injury, the 17-year-old was seen at Camp Nou with his representative Mikaël Silvestre to watch the match between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. A photo that greatly displeased the majority of Rennes supporters, and the club, unaware upstream.

” Wrong interpretation ”

“There is surely a misunderstanding that has been settled through dialogue. As often it is settled by dialogue. I believe that the first to have suffered from it is him. He was “accused” of things he did not do. Just going to a football game with his agent because he needed it. » tempers Bruno Genesio in a press conference. “When you’re very young, when you don’t have holidays, when you chain the seasons, when you pass the baccalaureate, when you have very good things happening and then things a little less funny, we need to escape. I had also advised him to take a little rest before his injury, because I felt he was tired. He chose to go see a match, which is not in itself a disaster, except that it was misinterpreted, perhaps poorly prepared. In any case, perhaps upstream communication would have avoided a misinterpretation. That’s just it. »

“There is a bad interpretation that has been made because of his presence in Barcelona, ​​​​because it was not explained beforehand. But it stops there. » continues the coach. “It’s a football stadium, a club that he likes, he wanted to clear his mind, as can happen when you are sometimes a little tired. It happens to all players. Again, maybe it wasn’t the right place, but it’s mainly the misinterpretation that was made of it, more by a lack of preparation and communication upstream. If we had communicated, or if his entourage had communicated that he had seen a match in Barcelona because he was resting in his treatment phase and needed… Certainly there would not have been this misinterpretation which had no place in the end. Well, I think this will be a lesson to everyone. »