The management insisted on denying the information published by the sports daily L’Equipe concerning a quarrel between ASSE coach Claude Puel and its president, Roland Romeyer.
The Stéphanois officials indicated: ” AS Saint-Étienne deplores the erroneous facts and the controversy, useless in this period of health crisis, disseminated by L’Equipe … To date, the leaders of ASSE are driven by the sole desire to take the necessary measures to the protection of the 300 club employees and the safeguarding of the institution. The daily working relationships between all the components of the club attest to a flawless cohesion in the management of different files. “