But Stéphan insists they must live in the present to have a chance of escaping what he describes as “probably the most difficult league in the world”. “Only work, work, work and work,” he says. after newsletter promotionView image in fullscreen Julien Stéphan celebrates a goal with his Rennes team against PSG in 2019. And to be honest, at the beginning, I thought that I could do that all my career with the young players. “But it’s difficult to compare the young players of the academy at QPR with these kinds of players: Ousmane Dembélé, Eduardo Camavinga, Desiré Doué.