AS Saint-Etienne : A young defender on the Saint-Etienne notebook | ASSE News

A young foreign defender is said to have attracted recruitersASSE, in search of the replacement for William Saliba transferred to Arsenal last summer.

ASSE: The replacement for William Saliba unearthed in Africa?

ASSE is looking to strengthen defensively this summer, as William Saliba will join Arsenal after his loan and the 2019-2020 season. 34-year-old and often injured, captain Loïc Perrin should also have less playing time next year.

Claude Puel therefore needs to find a central rear. And the profile of a Malian nugget would have seduced him. According to information from Planet Sports Mali, AS Saint-Etienne is on the trail of Mohamed Konate. He is a 17-year-old player who plays in the Mali championship, precisely inAS Black Star.

According to the source’s indiscretions, the target of the Greens is “ a disciplined, fast player with a large volume of play and strong in duels ” In addition to ASSE, the Malian defender would be of interest to Toulouse FC and the Girondins de Bordeaux. Mohamed Konaté does not hide his dream of playing in Europe after a first try on the old continent.

ASSE target dreams of continuing their career in Europe

I did an internship in Europe and returned to Mali. There, I hope that after the end of the covid-19 pandemic, I could travel to Europe to express my talent “, He said in comments reported by the site Evect.

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Posted on April 13, 2020 at 12:28 |
                     updated on April 13, 2020 at 12:28