The future ex-goalkeeper of the Greens was forbidden access to the ASSE training center this Wednesday afternoon.
One more step in the conflict between Stéphane Ruffier and ASSE. Laid off by AS Saint-Etienne on Monday, the 33-year-old doorman showed up at the club’s training center for ten titles of champion of France this Wednesday to attend the friendly meeting between his teammates and the Belgians of Charleroi (4-0 victory). He left as he came, without having seen the match and … with the letter from a bailiff informing him of his ban on access to club facilities, as Manu Lojon said. Various sources quickly corroborated this information, such asRMC. And this while Ruffier, not summoned for this match, trained normally this Wednesday morning with the rest of the Stéphane group …
Recall that the person concerned must meet with its leaders on July 22. An appointment which should officially mark the end of a union which started in 2011. Sad epilogue for this player who will have marked the history of the club and kept the green goals 383 times.
The fracture is not new
Tuesday, ASSE denounced to theAFP a “failure” of Ruffier, guilty of having refused to train last Friday with the players not convened against Nice (4-1) Saturday, in friendly. “The club is studying the follow-up to be given to the situation,” it was said. The break, however, is not new, with Claude Puel who relegated Stéphane Ruffier to the bench in favor of Jessy Moulin during the 2019-20 season. Hierarchy confirmed for 2020-21 in recent weeks. Moreover, it is the young Stefan Bajic (18 years old) who now seems to have taken the lining suit of Moulin, relegating Ruffier to the rank of number 3. Status that the ex-goalkeeper of Monaco will therefore not keep for long if his departure is well documented next week … Stéphane Ruffier is under contract until 2021.