Linked until June 2021 with AS Saint-Etienne, Stéphane Ruffier is not in Claude Puel’s group. A departure could finally be made, but there is a major problem.
Between ASSE and Stéphane Ruffier, the divorce is over, even if the goalkeeper still has a year of contract with the Greens. Angry with Claude Puel, the 33-year-old goalkeeper refused to be the understudy of Jessy Moulin and the decision of the coach of AS Saint-Etienne was direct, Stéphane Ruffier will not be in his group for the Ligue 1 season However, Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo are aware that if this situation can be understood sportingly, financially it is a disaster for the Stéphanois club, Ruffier being one of the biggest salaries of the Greens. So, on the side of the Etrat offices, we hope that the goalkeeper will eventually leave during this transfer window, even if the signals sent by the player’s entourage do not go in this direction.
However, the announcement Monday by Bordeaux of the signing of the trio Gasset-Printant-Grange to take control of the club at the scapular could be a game-changer, claims Le Progrès. ” Close to Jean-Louis Gasset and especially Fabrice Grange, he could be tempted by the Bordeaux challenge. His arrival would only take place in the event of the departure of Benoît Costil. The doorman has reportedly expressed his desire to go elsewhere on several occasions due to the instability in the Gironde. Especially since the French international liked Paulo Sousa a lot », Explains the regional daily. In other words, before possibly bringing in Stéphane Ruffier, Jean-Louis Gasset must first settle the Benoit Costil case. And if the latter decides to stay with the Girondins, the matter will be settled for the Saint-Etienne porter.