Probably happy that the season ended prematurely despite the financial losses caused, theAS Saint-Etienne who finished the 2019-20 fiscal year in a pitiful 17th place, still has hope of being able to qualify for the next Europa League. Indeed, in case of victory of theASSE facing PSG in the Coupe de France, the Greens would land an unexpected ticket for Europe. A final which will unfortunately be played without William Saliba.
Indeed, theASSE failed to secure extension of 19-year-old French defender’s loan to Arsenal. If the coach of Gunners, Mikel Arteta, saw no objection to Saliba stay two more months at Saint Etienne, the board of the London club imposed financial conditions deemed “unacceptable” for the leaders of the Greens.
“AS Saint-Étienne was pleased to learn yesterday Tuesday that Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta was prepared to leave William Saliba at the disposal of the club until the final of the Coupe de France on 24 next July William Saliba had been training for several days with Claude Puel’s group and was obviously very enthusiastic about the idea of finishing his course in Green with such a match. Alas, ASSE, who simply wanted the extension of the initial loan until July 24, could not find an agreement in the evening with Arsenal to allow the defender to properly prepare and play this meeting, the English club imposing absolutely unacceptable sporting and financial conditions. ” communicated ASSE.
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