At the end of the trainee contract, goalkeeper Nathan Cremillieux (20) will leave AS Saint-Etienne. A new turn in his young career.
It is the end of an adventure that will have lasted seven seasons for Nathan Cremillieux at AS Saint-Etienne. At the end of the elite trainee contract, the 20-year-old goalkeeper will leave the Greens to take up a new challenge. “A page turns, but everything remains to be written”he says for Goal.
“I am thirsty to learn and play. At my age, it is essential to continue to mature and gain experience at the highest level. The position of goalkeeper has evolved enormously. “to be complete in all areas. I saw him in the selection, it is a matter of details.”
Janot: “A guard in whom I believe”
Holder with the French team during the U17 European Championship three years ago, Nathan Cremillieux is not the first to come. He was one of the executives of the 2000 generation alongside international players like Maxence Caqueret, Amine Gouiri and Yacine Adli.
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His profile appeals to Jérémie Janot, who trained him at the ASSE training center. He confides to Goal : “Nathan is a goalkeeper whom I believe in. He will not have the size of Neuer, but he will score points. I like his philosophy of play, he plays high, he is in tune with the times, it is a modern caretaker. “
And to add: “Nathan is at the top of the basket among goalkeepers 99, 2000 or 2001. He is often decisive in key moments, very strong in the air and one on one. I remember a match in Toulouse where we leads 2-1 and it was the first time that I saw a goalkeeper be decisive with his game on the foot. He made a diagonal on his left which saved us three minutes. Toulouse pressed and he did the same other side. He averted the danger by raising from nowhere. He is cheeky, but he mustn’t feel too settled. He experienced the difficulty at Sainté and he will be armed when he arrives in a pro group. “
This is precisely the objective of Nathan Cremillieux now. Passed by the U19 and the Saint-Etienne reserve in recent months, the promising goalkeeper would like to integrate a professional workforce next season. French clubs have already inquired about his situation.