AS Saint-Etienne : Mercato: the Leganés track already more topical for Palencia? | ASSE News

Legend has it that during the first training he attended after being appointed general manager of AS Saint-Etienne, Claude Puel was surprised at the level of a young right-back that he thought had come straight from the training center . Except that in reality, it was Sergi Palencia, who made all his classes at FC Barcelona and who is already 24 years old. However, this first impression, real or imagined, does not change the root of the problem: Puel does not count on Palencia, whom he does not find sufficiently defender at heart, which is quite paradoxical for a side.

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Leganés favors an experienced side

Recruited in a rather incomprehensible way last summer by the Greens when they already had Mathieu Debuchy in their ranks and a Kévin Monnet-Paquet who had proven himself in a role of piston, Sergi Palencia is today pushed towards the exit . And that’s good, Leganés, in Spanish L2, has expressed his interest.

Only, according to Marca, the club from the Madrid region has another priority: Coke Andujar. This 33-year-old player who plays at Levante has the experience demanded by the coach and managers of Leganés to carry out the recovery operation. In its transfer window, the sports daily does not even mention the Palencia track …