Through a press release, the Stéphanois supporters have pushed a huge rant against the management of ASSE in a very aggressive tone.
The situation at AS Saint-Etienne is critical. Currently 16th in Ligue 1, the Greens expect to fight until the end of the season to stay in the top flight. Beyond sports, the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 but also by the imbroglio around TV rights put ASSE in a very delicate situation from a financial point of view. According to Daniel Riolo, the club may even be unable to finish the season. In a tense climate, the supporters gathered in Saint-Etienne for the departure of the players before the match in Strasbourg, taking the opportunity to display banners against their management. If they support Claude Puel as well as the players, the fans of the Greens have published a long press release on Twitter in which they rant against their two Presidents: Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo. And the charge is very brutal.
” We have often heard from Bernard Caiazzo that Roland Romeyer will die at the club. This is wrong, he will die WITH the club. In recent years, various investors have been interested in the full buyout of our club and they continue to encounter an obstacle: the extravagant demands of Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caiazzo. What investor would be foolish enough to buy more than fifty million euros, 88% of a club, each year in deficit? What investor would be foolish enough to buy only part of the club with the current management in place? Today, ASSE has become the plaything of two businessmen in their ego struggle. None of them will give up, even if it means sending our club to the grave. They therefore allow themselves to play with the fate of dozens of employees, but also of an entire city that needs its club to shine. The fight that we are starting today will only end when Bernard Caiazzo and Roland Romeyer will definitely be a bad memory for AS Saint-Étienne. This fight is necessary, it must be carried out in a dignified, daily manner and each lover of the club has his place.»Wrote the group of supporters, who therefore seem to demand a change at the head of the club. Especially since in the same message, the fans of ASSE violently stigmatize Bernard Caïazzo who, according to them, is now installed in Dubai and lives only from afar the difficulties of the Greens.