Asked about this at a press conference after the meeting ASSE – Angers SCO which ended in a draw, the coach of theAS Saint-Etienne, Claude Puel, did not hide his concern. If the coach of the Greens of St Etienne tries to stay positive, he concedes however that the next few months may be complicated financially.
“I have an extensive role. I know where the club’s finances are, what’s going on, what we’ve done and we can do. It’s a very difficult situation for all French clubs. There is a shortfall which is very important. The clubs, the presidents, the League are fighting to ensure the future of French football. We are there. Behind the scenes, they are fighting to overcome this pitfall and this bad patch. This is happening in the midst of a pandemic, with all that the clubs have to face. It’s regrettable, but it must give us even more strength, to the players and to the staffs, to be even more present and give the best of us same in this situation. “ said Claude Puel.
Complicated financially but also sportingly for theASSE which vegetates in the bottom of the standings, and which could even find itself barragist on the evening of this 14th day of Ligue 1, in the event of victory of Olympic Nimes, of Reims stadium and RC Strasbourg.