Faced with some financial difficulties, Saint-Etienne will not be able to splurge on the transfer market during the next transfer window.
For the Greens, objective n ° 1 will be to sell certain players at high market value in order to replenish the boxes. Denis Bouanga and Wesley Fofana are obviously concerned, but not only. Because for ASSE, it will also be important to part with a few high-paying players, such as Wahbi Khazri, Mathieu Debuchy and Yann M’Vila. And what about the arrivals department? Claude Puel and ASSE recruiters will have no choice but to make a few smart moves at a lower cost. With loans or with players at the end of the contract for example …
This is how, according to information from Le Progrès, Saint-Etienne managers are very interested in the profile of a certain Nampalys Mendy. It must be said that the Leicester midfielder ticks all the boxes. Accessible financially, his contract ends next June, which means that he will be free and therefore within the reach of the Greens. Above all, he knows Claude Puel perfectly, whom he already had under his orders in Nice but also with the Foxes. Obviously, Leicester’s management will not extend the 27-year-old French midfielder’s contract since it has only been used six times in all competitions this season. It remains to be seen whether Saint-Etienne will succeed in winning the Nampalys Mendy dossier or whether the former Niçois will have other contenders to relaunch a career that has been skating for several years. In addition, it seems fairly obvious that Mendy will only be recruited if ASSE manages to degrease in the midfield with the possible and expected departures from Cabaye, Diousse or M’Vila…