In difficulty at the start of the season with Olympique Lyonnais where he scored 4 goals and delivered 2 offerings in 19 matches, Karl Toko Ekambi took the road to Brittany. The former SCO d’Angers joined Stade Rennais on a six-month loan where he will have to compensate for the injuries of Arnaud Kalimuendo and especially Martin Terrier for this second part of the season.
An interesting mission for the 30-year-old Cameroonian striker who discovers a new framework in Rennes. Presented this Saturday morning at Roazhon Park, Karl Toko-Ekambi, on loan from OL to Stade Rennais, spoke before switching to his new experience in Brittany. The opportunity for him to justify his choice but above all to come back to the difficult times experienced in Lyon in recent months.
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“In life there are ups and downs, you shouldn’t dramatize it, it was more of an opportunity for me and I took it because I think it was the right time for me to experience something else. »said the 30-year-old forward in particular before adding: “I hadn’t lost the pleasure of playing, but here it is, when it whistles a little, it doesn’t allow the team to free itself and it doesn’t help us, it was just that.” Words that come from a certain fed up.
The right-hander did not stop there and pointed to the context surrounding Olympique Lyonnais – with whom he remains under contract until June 2024 – since the start of the season: “I think it will do me good to play in a team that has fun, a club that is ambitious, with a public that supports the team.” It is not with these words that he will improve his popularity rating on the side of the capital of Gaul…
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