In a very poor sporting dynamic, with five consecutive defeats and a 13th place in Ligue 1, ASSE needs experience in its very young workforce to get out of an increasingly complicated situation. But experienced players in the squad Claude Puel are not on very good terms with the Greens coach, Ryad Boudebouz seems to be the latest example.
ASSE angry with its elders
In the general opinion of observers, ASSE of Claude Puel pays for his lack of maturity. The coach of the Greens is indeed based on a very young and inexperienced group, it is his choice and his game plan, but after a thunderous start in League 1 with three successes, the Stéphanois no longer advance and have not won for six matches, including five defeats. They are sadly 13th in Ligue 1 and will play a tense match on the lawn of Groupama Stadium against OL, their local rival, on Sunday (9 p.m.). So that ASSE raises its head, many are those who think that it must rely on experienced players. But they are few in Claude Puel’s workforce: Wahbi Khazri (29 years old) is making a discreet return after ten months without a tenure, Romain Hamouma (33 years old) is a somewhat lonely captain, touched by the absences of Mathieu Debuchy (35 years old) or even Stéphane Ruffier (34 years old), shelved and unwanted for months now.
A new problem with Ryad Boudebouz?
Another player on whom Claude Puel did not really count has almost left ASSE during the transfer window. Ryad Boudebouz (30) was in contact with the Qatar Sports Club, he even visited its facilities in Doha, before breaking off negotiations and returning to Saint-Etienne. At the disposal of Claude Puel, the Algerian international was not in the group concocted by the coach of the Greens to face Montpellier HSC, Sunday, in Ligue 1 (0-1). The absence of Ryad Boudebouz would have been justified by an injury, but this is not at all the opinion of the insider Mohamed Toubache-Ter, who throws a pavement in the pond. “It would be cool to stop talking about a physical glitch about Ryad Boudebouz! The attacking midfielder has no tears, no ankle problems, no back problems, no thigh problems! It is seriously starting to get boring! “, he blurted out on Twitter. From there to think that Claude Puel, who had coldly welcomed the return of the player after the failure of his transfer to Qatar SC, definitely does not count on this player either, there is only one step.
Through Matthew