Even if football is stopped, AS Saint-Etienne is preparing for the future and the next season. Discussions are underway to offer a young nugget of the PSG.
In these hours of football scarcity, the recruiting cells of Ligue 1 clubs are trying to stay on the lookout, and this is particularly the case for AS Saint-Etienne. In the crosshairs of the Greens, the young Adil Aouchiche, playmaker of Paris Saint-Germain, named best passer of the 2019 U17 World Cup in Brazil with the France team. Because as gifted as he is, Adil Aouchiche does not seem to want to accept the contract that PSG offers him and he will therefore be free when the season ends on a date which is not yet known, however, coronavirus epidemic requires. If ASSE seems to have its chances in this matter, it is that the staff of Stéphane has been active since last fall, and that the 17-year-old player appreciated the project proposed by the Greens and by Claude Puel.
But AS Saint-Etienne would still have lost part of their advantage, since according to L’Equipe the sacking of David Wantier, who was at the helm, was not viewed favorably by the player and his entourage. Likewise, the Forez club is no longer the only one interested in the young Parisian leader. In addition to European clubs which smell the good operation, formations of Ligue 1 would have entered the dance, and in particular Bordeaux, Rennes and Lille. And it is the LOSC that could win the bet, because if Adil Aouchiche is free at the end of the season, he still has serious financial requirements, namely a salary of 50,000 euros per month, but above all a signing bonus of several million euros. In other words, AS Saint-Etienne may still suffer to succeed in this nice move.