AS Saint-Etienne : A candidate to replace Stéphane Ruffier | ASSE News

The ASSE will she recruit a new summer transfer window keeper? A 23-year-old doorman has been offered to replace him Stéphane Ruffier, outside the plans of Claude Puel, the coach of AS Saint-Etienne.

ASSE says “No” to a new goalkeeper

The relationship between ASSE coach Claude Puel and goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier has deteriorated in recent months. In the summer transfer window approaching, the second may have to leave the club since it has not been used by the coach since February 16, 2020 (defeat against Brest 3-2) and he still does not plan to reinstate him in his plans. Paul Bernardoni and his agents thought they saw an opportunity since it was proposed to the club. The goalkeeper belonging to the Girondins de Bordeaux is estimated at 7 million euros.

But according to Macky Diong, Claude Puel refused the proposal, preferring to rely on Jessy Moulin for the coming season. AS Saint-Etienne’s goalkeeper number 2 replaces Stéphane Ruffier since the start of his troubles with the Stéphane coach. For the coming season, it is still on him that Claude Puel should lean for Ligue 1 matches.

Paul Bernardoni has been playing under the colors of Nîmes Olympique for two seasons now. He keeps the goals of the club gardois within the framework of a loan of Girondins de Bordeaux, his home club. With the Greens’ refusal to recruit him, he should return to Bordeaux this summer since he still has 3 years of contract to honor with this club.

Regarding ASSE, Claude Puel should push Théo Vermot and Stefan Bajic in the bath for the after Jessy Moulin. Even if the now number 1 goals from Stéphane is under contract until June 2022, the coach of AS Saint-Etienne is already thinking about the future, which will lead him to gradually offer playing time to the two youngsters gatekeepers trained at the club.

By Gary SLM

Posted on May 02, 2020 at 9:10 AM |
                     updated on 02 May 2020 at 10:16