Two years ago, in a very intensive winter transfer window, AS Saint-Etienne, then tough, had Mathieu Debuchy sign the buzzer. The player goes back on his choice to join the Greens.
ASSE supporters have probably not forgotten that the 2018 winter transfer window was a turning point for the Greens. After a disastrous start to the season, culminating in Lyon’s 0-5 victory at Geoffroy-Guichard, Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo fired Oscar Garcia, then after a brief stint with Julien Sablé, it’s Jean-Louis Gasset who had taken the orders. The latter brought in several experienced players during this market in January 2018, including Mathieu Debuchy, which allowed AS Saint-Etienne to make a superb recovery, the Greens being finally 7th at the end of the season.
Two years later, Mathieu Debuchy admits that he does not regret having chosen ASSE to return to Ligue 1 after leaving Arsenal. ” What memories do I have of the day of January 31, 2018? I have very fond memories of it (he smiles). It is a pride to have signed in this club. Today I can say that I don’t regret it at all. Over the past two years, a lot of great things have happened for the club and me. I had a lot of discussions with Jean-Louis Gasset at the time. It was really him who convinced me to come here. I have no regrets. I feel very good in Saint-Etienne, there is everything to be fulfilled. Two years have passed, it goes by quickly and there are only good memories “Explains, in Le Progrès, the 34-year-old defender, who was linked until June 2021 with AS Saint-Etienne and does not yet plan to put away his crampons.