Long pushed towards the exit during the last Mercato summer, the doorman trained inAS Monaco did not leave theASSE, and this despite approaches from two clubs of League 1 : Montpellier HSC and Dijon FCO.
If the significant salary that receives Stephane Ruffier on the side of Greens of St Etienne was surely a brake for the leaders of DFCO, their now ex-sports director Peguy Luyindula had nevertheless campaigned for his coming. According to newspaper information The team, the recruitment unit of Dijon FCO had opposed the coming of the old French international goalkeeper (3 selections), under contract until next June with theASSE.
Tensions that would have pushed Peguy Luyindula, which was also not in favor of transfers of Nayef Aguerd and of Alfred Gomis at Rennais Stadium during the Mercato, to leave the DFCO…
Definitely, the case Stephane Ruffier cause a lot of worry … and not just on the side of theAS Saint-Etienne !