Jorge Sampaoli?s negative tactics are not working at Rennes

The squad should be challenging for Europe. Instead, they are drifting towards a relegation battle
By Eric Devin for Get French Football News
There has been a trend towards younger, or at least more progressive, managers in France of late, and largely to good effect. The football played by Will Still, Luka Elsner and Liam Rosenior is innovative, modern and genuinely thrilling to watch. Older managers are also making their mark. Franck Haise is doing much the same at Nice as he did at Lens, and more recent arrivals Adi H?tter and Roberto De Zerbi have Monaco and Marseille playing some fine football as well.
Antoine Kombouar? and Jean-Louis Gasset are still stalking the sidelines at Nantes and Montpellier, respectively, but the era of apoplectic warhorse tracksuit managers seems to be well and truly gone in France. Ren? Girard, Fr?d?ric Antonetti, Michel der Zakarian are all out of a job in the top flight, and Olivier Dall?Oglio?s departure from Saint-?tienne seems to be working well for the club, who have looked far more cohesive under Eirik Horneland.
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