It is the distressing story of a defender who was once imagined to have the destiny of a potential international, and who has disappeared from the radar to the point of being kicked out by his club.
According to the Spanish press, Sevilla FC has started a dismissal procedure against Joris Gnagnon, under contract until 2023, for "lack of professionalism".
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The ex-Rennes' overweight, a problem that has haunted him since the start of his career, would represent a definitive obstacle to a final compromise.
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advance as well as Julen Lopetegui, the Andalusian coach, had resolved to give him a chance during the 2019 preseason and the next, but that the player, loaned to Rennes to revive during the Covid season, would have returned of Brittany with a physical state incompatible with the practice of the high level.
Gnagnon had yet played about twenty matches with Rennes before the confinement of March 2020. Halted by the events, he never convinced Lopetegui to give him a chance to return to the workforce in Seville.
In total, the French defender has only played 17 games in La Liga since his arrival in July 2018.
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