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The summer of AS Saint-Etienne promises to be very hot. Even before the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Claude Puel was planning a large workforce review going through a very significant downsizing. And while the crisis is now hitting hard, ASSE plans more than ever to sell massively.
Until the end of the season, theAS Saint-Etienne was going through a very complicated exercise. Seventeenth in Ligue 1 and therefore threatened with relegation, the club from Stéphane was in crisis despite the change of coaches during the season. Indeed, last October, Claude Puel had replaced Ghislain Printant, and quickly, the former technician of Leicester had found that the workforce was not only unbalanced, but above all far too large. With this in mind, as Le 10 Sport exclusively revealed to you, Claude Puel envisioned a major rejuvenation of its workforce, which involved the departure of many players, including managers. Aside from some summer recruits like Zaydou Youssouf or Denis Bouanga, no one seems untransferable. And while in the meantime, the Covid-19 has been there, the trend is confirmed more than ever.
A whole team on the start
Indeed, theASSE, which already needed to bail out its coffers, will be more than ever obliged to sell. According to information from Goal Football Club, the future of many players in the Forez club is dotted. They are at least 12 to be on the start, starting with Stéphane Ruffier whose attachment with Claude Puel may leave traces. In Ligue 1, Montpellier is on the ranks. In defense, Léo Lacroix at the end of the contract will leave, while theASSE hope to get a nice check for Harold Moukoudi ready to Middlesbrough. In the corridors, a huge construction site awaits the Greens since Miguel Trauco, Alpha sissoko, Sergi Palencia and Gabriel Silva no longer fit into the plans of Claude Puel. In the middle of the field, Jean-Eudes Aholou, loaned byAS Monaco will not be kept while Yann M’Vila and Assane Diousse should also leave. Finally, in attack, Lois Diony, although he has regained playing time, will be placed on the transfer list this summer, one year from the end of his contract. Other, Claude Puel preparing a little revolution forASSE.