He has long animated the locker room of ASSE. And spread all his good humor at Etrat, at the training center of the Greens. He arrived at the club in… 1999. At 13 years old. He is, finally, at 34 years old, holder and will seek to check, this Saturday in Geoffroy Guichard (5 pm), the offensive sector of the Rennes stadium. “Jessy (Editor’s note: Mill), he likes to play the con, the puppet, ”says his friend Loïc Perrin, retired this summer. “On that side, despite his age, he hasn’t changed. He likes bullshit ”. At l’Etrat, everyone adores Jessy. And everyone has a funny anecdote about him. From the car driven from the passenger seat, to make believe in the absence of a driver, to this clip offered, at Christmas, to a teammate renowned for his stinginess.
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The career of Stéphanois changes during confinement. He then receives a call from Claude Puel who permanently dismisses Stéphane Ruffier. He will be titular In 2020-2021. “I am extremely happy to start the season with this status. It’s something… I’m not saying that it was unexpected, but that we thought about it less and less, ”he admits, humbly, to Téléfoot at the end of August.
Moulin, the eternal number 2, propelled like the head of a gondola. He who brought so much to his heart club. In its own way. Always positive. Without an inappropriate word. Without ever dragging his spleen. And yet. “To be very close to him, it was sometimes very difficult to live. Except he didn’t show it to others. That was his great strength, says Loïc Perrin, retired from the field since this summer. It’s hard to be second goalkeeper, to have very little playing time. Despite his status as an understudy, he was really a locker room executive. He has always been respected by everyone. He brings his zest for life, especially off the pitch. From the outside, you don’t necessarily realize it, but in the life of a group, it’s very important ”.
A locker room frame
Left on loan to Arles-Avignon (2008-2009), to Fréjus (2009-2010) then left for Clermont (2011-2012), not always successfully, he always returned to Saint-Etienne where he was Stéphane’s understudy Ruffier for 8 years. “He has really taken a step forward since his return from his various loans. He was in the shadows for years. He remained concerned, positive. I am convinced of his success at ASSE. It’s his club, his values, ”continues Perrin. In the locker room, in any case, it is always unanimous. Young and experienced alike. “We all have confidence in him,” explains Mathieu Debuchy. Puel shares this feeling and has therefore not hesitated to debunk Ruffier in order to trust the longtime teaser. Number 2 or 1, Moulin does not intend to change.