Rafik GUITANE

On 31st January 2018, Stade Rennais bought the promising youngster, barely an adult. The club prised the playmaker from Le Havre in a 10 Million Euro deal, and he was loaned straight back to the Normandy club - which had developed him - until the end of the season. When he returned to Rennes, he suffered from a cruciate knee ligament injury, and - in his first full season at the club - Guitane never kicked a ball in anger. In the 2019/2020 season, he made the odd brief appearance in Ligue 1 and in the Europa League. Not retained in the First Team squad for the pre-season preparations in July 2020, Guitane was loaned to Maritimo Funchal on 11th August 2020.