Despite a dazzling start to the season, AS Saint-Etienne fell back into line after losing to Lens. It now remains to digest the transfer window and avoid unpleasant surprises.
After having been to the top of the Ligue 1 standings, ASSE is slowly plunging into the soft underbelly of the championship, with Claude Puel’s side coming in to 7th place after losing Saturday in Lens. The international break will allow the manager of the Greens to put things back in place, especially since the transfer window is over and Puel will definitely know the squad he will have to rely on. So, this Monday, Patrick Guillou, consultant of BeinSports and Progress, admits that AS Saint-Etienne must clearly get back in the right direction, including at the highest level, so as not to sink into depression at the same time than in the ranking.
” After this defeat and the results at half mast, what are the top priorities now? What is the financial latitude available to the “presidential household”? This second international break comes at the right time. After three games without a win, the urgency is for a green recovery (…) The fall in spending and the race for the lowest costs may jeopardize the transition to a greener society. Now it’s time for the chief executive to focus his energy on creating the new and stop fighting the old. No one has the truth serum in football. The 17th place last season is proof of the absurdity. Football never lies. (…) I secretly hope that our Board, our “square of ace” signs with a 4-color pen, unanimously and not collegially, the budgetary efforts and the investments that are required. It’s about putting gasoline back in the bike in order to get away from the bottom of Ligue 1 », Warns Patrick Guillou in the regional daily.