Arrived in Saint-Etienne in October 2019 with his reputation as a builder, Claude Puel (58) is served in Forez, as the club from Loire will have to reinvent itself on many levels to hope to find the heights of French football. The French coach, who has always had a soft spot for long-term projects, will be able to benefit from a certain time to put his paw with the Greens and this is obviously not to displease him. Quite the contrary.
“When I arrived in Leicester, I told Khun Vichai (Editor’s note, club owner, who died tragically in 2018) that it was not possible to play with this team because we needed development, we had need to move forward to improve. It’s the same in Saint-Etienne“, he told The Athletic, and to specify: “I always go to clubs where there is an opportunity to change things and build something. I have rarely taken clubs ready to perform in the first season. I need to develop the team“.