Sixteenth in the standings, AS Saint-Etienne has posted a very disappointing level since the start of 2020, despite the emergence of several young people.
Surely, it is the young players with high potential like Saliba, Fofana or Nordin who have been disappointing the least in recent weeks in Forez. The last city, author of 3 goals since the start of the season, could also leave Saint-Etienne at the end of the season. Under contract with ASSE until June 2022, the Paris native enjoys a good rating on the transfer market according to Le 10 Sport, despite the catastrophic season currently experienced by the Greens. The media reports that a Ligue 1 club is very keen to recover Nancy’s former attacking midfielder, it’s the Racing Club de Strasbourg.
Always on the lookout to recover players accustomed to the matches of Ligue 1, as it was the case in the past with Alexandre Djiku or Adrien Thomasson, the Alsatians would very much like to recruit Arnaud Nordin, not incontrovertible holder in Saint-Etienne in the eyes of Claude Puel. But in this dossier, Strasbourg will face stiff competition. Because abroad too, Arnaud Nordin has courtiers. On the England side, Brighton spotted the striker from Stéphane, as did Mainz in Germany. Clubs which could concretely position themselves in order to recruit Arnaud Nordin during the next summer transfer window. It remains to be seen whether, for his part, the player will prefer to pursue his career in Saint-Etienne, where Claude Puel wishes to base his project on young people. The future of Nordin could also depend on the future of ASSE, still far from being saved in Ligue 1 at the sight of the classification. As a reminder, the Greens are only 2 points ahead of Dijon, currently a roadblocker.