TheASSE juggles several hot files during this first week of transfer window. In addition to a busy sporting program, with the reception of PSG on Wednesday (1-1) and the trip to the Stade de Reims on Saturday (9 p.m.), the transfer market comes alive with the Mostafa Mohamed and Edgar Ié files. . But the extension of Romain Hamouma is also an important issue. And things are not looking good for AS Saint-Etienne.
ASSE: things are going well for recruits in the transfer window
It’s a day full of revelations for the transfer window ofAS Saint-Etienne. Indeed, the Greens are on several tracks, but the financial situation of the club but the leaders face their choices. ASSE managed to make room in its payroll by dismissing Stéphane Ruffier, who earned more than two million euros gross annually. A windfall that could be used in the transfers of Mostafa Mohamed and D’Edgar Ie in the winter transfer window. But for the Egyptian striker, the Cairo club Zamalek is asking for nearly 5 million euros and the Greens will have trouble raising the sum. Same problem for the Trabzonspor defender. Penniless, Sainté “negotiates hard” according to transfer window specialist Manu Lonjon. A representative of the club even went to Turkey to try to convince Trabzonspor to sell Edgar Ié without being too greedy … Problems which are repeated and which also affect players already present in Forez.
But it pulls back for the extension of Hamouma
Indeed, the situation of Romain Hamouma is more and more complicated on the side of theASSE. The player is at the end of his contract next June and his wishes do not coincide at all with those of his club. “The trend is not towards an extension, let go Manu Lonjon sure Eurosport. You should know that Romain Hamouma, since the beginning of the week, is free to engage where he wants. And clubs will undoubtedly want it. This is probably his last contract, at least big contract, so it is normal that he wants to value it. To put it simply, Sainté made an offer and asks him to divide his salary given his age. And asks him to increase his salary since he is free. So there is a lot of room for negotiation, but the tendency is not to stay there. Unless Saint-Etienne makes the effort! “And given ASSE’s financial situation, there is a good chance that Romain Hamouma will start a new adventure, probably in Ligue 1, at the start of next season.
By Matthew