While the LOSC could lose Mike Maignan by the end of the summer transfer window, the leaders of the northern club do not want to be caught off guard and are already working on a possible replacement.
Thus, according to information from 10 Sport, it would seem that Lille are thinking of Stéphane Ruffier, the porter of ASSE who was relegated to the bench by Claude Puel.
A departure of Ruffier has been envisaged for many months but no club has come forward seriously to revive him.
Lille would be a destination of choice for the former French international who would relaunch his career while remaining in Ligue 1, and in a club even more ambitious than Saint-Étienne.