As soon as we mention the arrival of investors or when we talk about the sale of the club, it smells of powder because we touch the heritage of Saint-Etienne. The mayor of Saint-Étienne could not let pass the words of Bernard Caïazzo, chairman of the Supervisory Board.
In our Monday edition, the latter mentioned a less attractiveness of foreign investors for Saint-Étienne than for Nice or Bordeaux. This had the gift of stinging the chief magistrate of the city.
He reacted on his Facebook page. “Does the city lack prestige to attract investors? It may also be because few investors agree to pay more than 50% of the shares by being a minority in the right to vote… or that the sale of nuggets for short-term profits has harmed the construction of ‘a great team over time’.
And to recall the transfers from Aubameyang, Payet, Maupay, Saint-Maximim, Matuidi, Zouma, Malcuit, Saliba, etc … And ask a question: “One can wonder what was used for the money of the sale of these players ”?
An epidermal reaction which nevertheless ultimately finds a place of convergence: “I agree on one point with Bernard Caïazzo, and that is that Saint-Etienne is more than a club”.