Julien Stéphan responded this Friday noon to the attacks of Pierre Ménès and Daniel Riolo.

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  • After the rout of Stade Rennais Sunday against Saint-Etienne, Pierre Ménès and Daniel Riolo violently criticized Julien Stéphan.

  • The Rennes coach answered them this Friday at noon at a press conference.

  • He denounces "personal attacks which target his integrity and that of the club".

Praised last season, Julien Stéphan took for his rank this week on the set of some media after the rout of his team on Sunday against Saint-Etienne.

The first to draw was Pierre Ménès on Monday.

The Canal + consultant first pointed out the "bad" recruitment in Rennes with no "level" recruits according to him.

"And why did you ask Raphinha to leave?"

Why have Niang's life rotted to the point of preventing him even from going to Saint-Etienne or Bordeaux and sending him at 26 to Saudi Arabia?

", Asked the sniper of the private channel, evoking" the enormous responsibility "of Julien Stéphan in these files.

While the Rouge et Noir have been stuck in a bad run since their loss to Lille on January 24, Pierre Ménès conceded that the Rennes coach is not "responsible for everything".

But it was to better tackle him in stride.

“Stéphan asked for full powers when he obtained the eviction of Létang and he had them, assured the columnist of the

Canal Football Club

.

From there, what is happening today is his fault ”.

“An oversized boulard”, according to Daniel Riolo

In the wake of Pierre Ménès, Daniel Riolo gave a layer Monday evening on the set of

After Foot

, literally dismantling the Rennes coach, "the best of France and that we can not criticize".

“I wanted to see in him at one point a few qualities that quickly faded, said the RMC consultant on the air.

Because his personality has taken over and his personality is that of a man who thinks he is someone else, who has an oversized butt and who is not the great tactician he still thinks he is ”.

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Asked about these criticisms this Friday noon at a press conference, Julien Stéphan took the opportunity to respond to these detractors.

“When you criticize the coach, the professional, it makes sense,” he said.

On the other hand, when it is personal attacks that target my integrity and that of the club, this is unacceptable.

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According to him, these speeches are only "lies" and "manipulation" to "destabilize the club".

"Some maybe want to bring a lot of negative to the club when we are 5th in the standings," he added.

And if we are 5th, it is because we may have had to do some good things at one time even if they are not so good at the moment.

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