For the moment ASSE, like many clubs, has not been very active on the transfer market. The purchase option of 4.5 million euros has been exercised for Timothée Kolodziejczak.
There are actually three new arrivals: Jean-Philippe Krasso (Épinal) and Adil Aouchiche (PSG) were free. Yvan Neyou is on loan from Sporting Braga (Portugal). A transfer window of opportunism, suddenly, because possibly before blazing up and recruiting, especially at the central hinge where the workforce is no longer very provided, it will be necessary to degrease.
The big salaries invited to pack up?
According to the newspaper L’Équipe, Ryad Boudebouz, Yann M’vila, and Wahbi Khazri have been informed that in the event of satisfactory offers, they would not have chosen. These three constitute the three biggest salaries of the club. Roland Romeyer had indicated at the end of July that he wanted to reduce the wage bill of AS Saint-Étienne by 20% (from 108 million euros to 90 million euros). For Sergi Palencia, Miguel Trauco and Loïs Diony the door is also open.
Stéphane Ruffier, the great unknown
Also invited to pack up, Stéphane Ruffier obviously. Fourth highest salary of the club, his situation (he is in conflict with Claude Puel) seems completely blocked at AS Saint-Étienne where, refusing to be number 2 behind Jessy Moulin, he is no longer part of the hierarchy at all . So a blank year for the placarded goalkeeper who at 33 could be content with receiving his last year of salary, or a new challenge? In League 1, it’s hard to see a way out. So abroad?
Coveted Bouanga and Fofana
The two biggest assets of the Greens this summer are called Denis Bouanga and Welsey Fofana. The first is the best Saint Etienne striker for a year (10 goals). The second is one of the most promising central defenders on the European continent. In the event of very attractive offers, AS Saint-Étienne could have difficulty keeping them.