Kyogo left Celtic in January to join Ligue 1 side Rennes in a £10 million move. Many people were perplexed by the decision to leave in the middle of the season, without playing in the Champions League knockout phase. Only a few days after Kyogo joined the club, Jorge Sampaoli was sacked by Rennes and Habib Beye was appointed by the club as his replacement. Kyogo has had a lacklustre start to his Rennes career. He has struggled for playing time, with only 113 minutes of football and only one start since joining from Celtic and is yet to score for his new team. The belief was that the change in managers ended up derailing his time at Rennes. But Sampaoli's recent revelations have made his decision to join Rennes even more confusing as it looks like the Argentine manager had nothing to do with Kyogo's signing. According to The Scottish Sun, the former Rennes boss said: "The sports director decided to make a transfer window that had nothing to do with what we needed. "We preferred to cut the bridges. I could not
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