The crisis is deep in Saint-Etienne, 16th in Ligue 1 and which has only 2 points ahead of 18th place before his trip to Reims this weekend.
Surely, the Greens will have to show a different face than that displayed on Sunday in Brest if they want to glean at least one point from their trip to Champagne. In Forez, some executives must find their best level urgently to help Saint-Etienne out of the doldrums. Loïc Perrin is targeted, as is Stéphane Ruffier. Since the start of the season, the French international has clearly been struggling. So much so that at the start of the week, Pierre Ménès mentioned a form of depression for Ruffier at ASSE.
“Me, there is a player who worries me a lot on this team, it is Stéphane Ruffier, whom I find almost in depression. He sees the balloons pass, he seems at the end of the roll » indicated the journalist from Canal +. Certainly, Stéphane Ruffier is no longer flourishing in Saint-Etienne. Reason why, according to information obtained by Le 10 Sport, the management of Saint-Etienne will not oppose the departure of its 33-year-old goalkeeper during the next summer transfer window in the event of a satisfactory offer. It must be said that according to the media, relations between Claude Puel and Stéphane Ruffier are far from being fluid, which will not help the former goalkeeper of AS Monaco to regain confidence and his level at the same time. In addition, ASSSE’s objective is clearly to rejuvenate its workforce, which could lead to the departure or non-overtime of players such as Khazri, M’Vila or Cabaye, in addition to Stéphane Ruffier. The summer transfer window promises to be very eventful in Saint-Etienne, where a real revolution is desired by Claude Puel internally. And that could make victims, including among the historic players of the club.