For the second time in 2020, AS Saint-Etienne has decided to lay off Stéphane Ruffier with the intention once again to fire him and save his salary.
While Pierre Ménès ignited the choice of Saint-Etienne leaders to prefer Jessy Moulin to Stéphane Ruffier this season, Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo have decided to do without the experienced goalkeeper, holder until the start of the year 2020. Indeed, after a first layoff this summer, which had finally led to nothing while we expected a dismissal of Stéphane Ruffier, here is that the Greens are doing it again. According to L’Equipe, the 34-year-old goalkeeper from Saint-Etienne has received a registered letter informing him of a withdrawal from training, effective since last Thursday, until December 2, date of an appointment. you at the headquarters of AS Saint-Etienne for an interview prior to a possible sanction. Reason for this decision, Stéphane Ruffier would have left ” prematurely “Training.
Obviously, it is legitimate to think that ASSE wants to fire the former Monegasque doorman in order to save on his generous salary (2.8 ME per year) until the end of his contract in June. A strategy to quits or double, because there is no doubt that Stéphane Ruffier will bring the case before the Prud’hommes with the risk for the Stéphanois leaders of having to pay much more than the only salary of the player, who can claim damages and interests. But to shield their file, Bernard Lions says that on the side of Romeyer and Caïazzo, we have already inflicted two warnings on Ruffier, one for not having worn his mask in the parking lot of the players at Etrat, and the other for going on a date at her daughters’ school rather than staying in her room at the training center after two work sessions. Nice atmosphere in Saint-Etienne.