Absent from coach Claude Puel’s plans, Wahbi Khazri will need to find a club during the summer transfer window. That’s good news, the AS Saint-Etienne forward received an offer from Turkey, but doesn’t look too excited about the destination.
Claude Puel got off to a good start at AS Saint-Etienne. As expected, the Greens coach and manager is trying to lighten his squad by getting rid of unwanted people. Which ? To find out, you just have to take a look at the list of banned during the preparation course in Dinard. Several executives were not invited and are therefore pushed towards the exit. This is notably the case of Stéphane Ruffier, Yann M’Vila, Ryad Boudebouz and Wahbi Khazri, who still enjoy some standing in the transfer market.
The 29-year-old forward, who scored six goals in all competitions last season, is already in demand in Turkey. According to the journalist’s information Manu Lonjon, the Tunisian international would be coveted by ” a good turkish club “. Perhaps the opportunity for him to escape his sidelining and bounce back in a top formation. However, the insider doubts Khazri’s intentions. ” Not sure it’s reciprocal “, He added, suggesting that the former Girondin is not very excited by the proposed destination. To believe that the Stéphanois under contract until 2022 expects better.