Discarded by coach Claude Puel, AS Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier was able to count on the support of his agent. An intervention deemed awkward.
Will we see Stéphane Ruffier in the jersey of AS Saint-Etienne? Nothing is less sure. Weaker in his last games, the Greens’ goaltender lost his starting spot before the season ended. Worse, the doorman was even dismissed by coach Claude Puel. Enough to anger the Ruffier clan, whose agent does not understand how the club can treat a “legend” in this way. Suffice to say that the term used reacts to observers, like Adrien Ponsard who recalled who the real emblematic players of ASSE were.
Ruffier put back in his place
” Puel decided to put Ruffier on the sidelines. He has his reasons. There is no going back on the choices, it is he who commands. The agent’s statements were a little too much. To say that Puel spits on a legend … No, Ruffier is not a legend, ruled the former Stéphanois on the site of But Football Club. He’s a very good goalkeeper but the legends at ASSE are those who led the club to the European Cup final, the Larque, Piazza, Curkovic, Lopez, the Revelli brothers, Herbin. President Rocher is a legend, Loïc Perrin also because he spent his entire career at ASSE and because he perfectly embodies the values of the club. Ruffier never gave me that impression. He is not smiling, he does not talk to people. Moulin has these values, this state of mind. In summary, his departure would not mark a turning point in the history of the club …