Ludovic Blas

Key strength: Work rate

Box-to-box midfielder

At a revitalized Stade Rennais side sitting fifth in Ligue 1 and riding momentum from three wins in their last five matches, few stories capture the club's reinvention quite like Ludovic Blas. The 28-year-old Frenchman has orchestrated a remarkable positional metamorphosis this season—shedding his right-winger origins to embrace life as a box-to-box dynamo wearing Rennes' iconic number 10 shirt. His numbers reflect efficiency rather than extravagance: 4 goals and 4 assists across 29 appearances, accumulated in just 1,253 minutes. Yet the stat that truly astounds is zero—zero cards earned through an entire campaign of physically demanding midfield battles. That iron discipline, married to a relentless engine, transformed Blas into the unlikely heartbeat of Rennes' European charge. The watershed moment arrived February 13th against Paris Saint-Germain, where his decisive assist against the league's behemoths announced their continental ambitions to the world. Valued at €10 million, Blas proves that evolution—not revolution—powers the modern game.