Between AS Saint-Etienne and Stéphane Ruffier, the divorce is total, the goalkeeper will spend the year in the stands if he does not decide to leave during the transfer window.
The situation has completely degenerated since the start of 2020 between Stéphane Ruffier and Claude Puel, and now nothing seems to change the situation. The latest episode, namely the recommended receipt by the Greens goalkeeper for a mask problem in the parking lot of the training center, shows that everything is in order to escalate the situation. But on Stéphane Ruffier’s side, we are not panicking, the experienced ASSE porter having obviously decided to go through with his juicy contract even without playing. What obviously annoy Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo as well.
What is certain is that Claude Puel is right in his boots and sees no reason to give Stéphane Ruffier a gift. ” I want to work with players who want to move forward and with whom I can project myself (…) Stéphane Ruffier? This player has taken himself offside with all of his agent’s behavior and statements. There was, on my part, a desire on a match to blow Stéphane. And then, it immediately degenerated. From the very day, it started in all the networks, all the media. At some point there is a sporting decision that he did not accept at all. I was very surprised at the reaction, I had never seen such statements and such a sequence “AS Saint-Etienne coach told RMC, who for his part no longer wants to hear from Stéphane Ruffier.