AS Saint-Etienne is going through a huge results crisis. The Greens are in the midst of a struggle to maintain themselves in Ligue 1, which is cause for concern.
Since his arrival in Forez, Claude Puel has had all the trouble in the world to straighten his group. Worse, the club from Saint-Etienne continues to get bogged down in the second half of the ranking. The level of the ASSE group is notably called into question by certain observers, who rail against the last summer transfer window carried out by the club. But for Manu Lonjon, the Stéphanois are not to blame on this point and had to simply “tinker”.
“They did with what we gave them”
On his account Twitter, the journalist wanted to be as transparent as possible. “Read that the recruitment of Sainté, this summer, is missed… Factually: – Honorat, Moukoudi were free. – Bouanga for less than 5M, Youssouf for less than 2M, Palencia for less than 1M, Boudebouz for less than 4M. All these transfers are less than the single sale of Cabella. Those who say that you recruit cheap players who have never known the top 6 really think it is a cell choice? They had no means, they had to tinker. I’m not here to defend balance sheets but they did with what we gave them ”, notably posted Manu Lonjon, who therefore highlights the wobbly economic situation of the Greens to explain the results.