In an interview at Progress, the general manager of ASSE Xavier Thuilot returned to the specific case of Loïc Perrin. At the end of the contract, the 34-year-old defender planned to retire from the sport at the end of the season and the final of the Coupe de France against PSG at the Stade de France, before starting his retraining within the club : “It was clear in his head. We have already been discussing how to discover the different aspects of the club, financial and marketing for several weeks. “
“A career that [risque] to end up on nothing, on a classification drawn in an office “
But the premature end of the season due to the coronavirus pandemic made the Saint Etienne emblem hesitate, according to Thuilot: “Loïc told me the other day that he had just realized that his career was likely to end in nothing, on a classification drawn in an office […] There is no stress. We will talk about it quietly. ” Perrin has played 469 matches with ASSE.