Relegated to the bench of AS Saint-Etienne at the start of the year, Stéphane Ruffier should leave the club at the end of the season. And the French porter would have already found his base.
Always cold with Claude Puel while Jessy Moulin had become the incontrovertible holder in the Greens’ cages before the truce caused by the coronavirus epidemic, Stéphane Ruffier would have already found a new club likely to welcome him next season. Indeed, according to information from the Noon Free, the profile of the 33-year-old doorman would be of particular interest to Montpellier. 8th in the Ligue 1 championship, the Héraultais would not have sufficient funds to exercise the option to buy the Argentinian Geronimo Rulli (11M €), currently on loan from Real Sociedad. If negotiations with the Basque club fail, Montpellier would make Stéphane Ruffier its number one target. Case to follow…