No longer appeared in an official match with Stade Rennais since the draw in Lille during the first day of Ligue 1 on August 22 (1-1), M’Baye Niang (25) could soon be back on the pitch with the Breton club .
At first sulky then hit in the knee, the striker who had come very close to a loan to AS Saint-Etienne in early October finally resumed collective training this Friday, announced Ouest-France. This is the first collective session of the Senegalese for many months.
If that does not mean that M’Baye Niang will immediately register in the competition with Serhou Guirassy, his return will not be too much for Rennes while the big deadlines will follow one another at the rate of a match every three days for for a month. The former Torino player was initially not expected until early December. He could appear in the Rennes group which will host the Girondins de Bordeaux on Friday 20 November.