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Fired by AS Saint-Etienne for refusing to train, Stéphane Ruffier will be definitively fixed on his future next week.
AS Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier, fired by his club, will be fixed “next week” on his fate after his refusal to train on July 10 with his partners, “said a source. close to the club. Stéphane Ruffier, 33, was summoned Wednesday afternoon by the management of the Saint-Etienne club to explain himself. He was received by Xavier Thuilot, the Managing Director of ASSE, along with a staff representative, as permitted by law.
Biggest club salary
On July 10, the goalkeeper refused to train when he was called up with the unsuccessful players to play against Nice the next day at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. He had been laid off by his management in the aftermath. Coming out of confinement, Claude Puel, the Greens coach, confirmed that Ruffier, who receives 2.8 million euros annually – the club’s biggest salary – would no longer be the N.1 goalkeeper this season.
Stéphane Ruffier, who has played 383 matches in the Stéphane jersey since his arrival in summer 2011 from Monaco, is the goalkeeper who has played the most with the Greens in the 1st division, ahead of the legendary Ivan Curkovic.