Albert Grønbæk went from an anonymous role at Danish AGF, made his smartest career choice and went to Bodø/Glimt, this summer the Danish centre-back was bought out by Rennes. His debut on the Danish national team was a huge success, the 23-year-old gave the Glimt gang a lot of credit for the development steps he took in the yellow shirt. On Thursday, the football idyll could change for Grønbæk.
Because today, Rennes coach Julien sacked Stéphan after 11 points from 10 games. The coach who has given the Dane playing time in all 10 Ligue 1 matches is expected to be replaced by one of the football circus’s great hotheads. According to French media, the Rennes management is already in talks with Jorge Sampaoli, who has been in office since September 2023 when he left Flamengo.
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The Argentine coach has not since 2016 held more than one season in the 6 clubs (plus 1 national team) he has worked for since. It was especially the Sevilla stay 2022-23 that we remember with Sampaoli. Then the Dane Kasper Dolberg was sent out into the cold after being labeled an introvert by the warm-blooded Argentine.
If it lands on Sampaoli, we hope Albert Grønbæk is prepared to “not be Scandinavian”.
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