Rennes resigned to Marveaux exit

Rennes have confirmed that midfielder Sylvain Marveaux is set to leave the club.

The 24-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and, after holding talks to discuss his future, the French club are resigned to seeing him move on.

Marveaux has been suffering from a niggling groin problem for the last year and faces a lengthy lay-off during the second half of the season, even if he does not require surgery.

The Rennes youth product may therefore have played his last game for the club, with Liverpool reported to be among his many suitors.

"We met Sylvain twice and I will meet him again, but I don't think he wants to stay at Rennes," general manager Pierre Dréossi told the club's official website.

"He would have played only five or six more games for Rennes this term, that's all."

Marveaux has been with Rennes since 2001 and caught the eye with 10 goals from 35 Ligue 1 appearances last season.

The former France Under-21 international is an appealing prospect as he will be a free agent in the summer, and he was believed to be a guest of Liverpool at their recent home defeat by Wolves.

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