After having held in check the PSG of Kylian Mbappé at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (1-1), the ASSE of Claude Puel was not able to follow up and will have once again disappointed, against the Stade de Reims, during the 19th Ligue 1 day (3-1 defeat of the Greens of St Etienne).
After announcing the termination of Stéphane Ruffier’s contract at the start of the Mercato, AS Saint-Etienne should finalize in the coming hours the transfer of the Egyptian striker from Zamalek: Mostafa Mohamed. But the management of ASSE does not forget Romain Hamouma (33), whose contract with the Greens of St Etienne will expire next June.
Author of four goals and an assist in Ligue 1 with AS Saint-Etienne under the orders of Claude Puel, Romain Hamouma had on several occasions loudly proclaimed his desire to extend his adventure within the Forez club, but the latter had never received the slightest response from the leaders of Saint-Etienne.
But according to the information of Eurosport, ASSE would have (finally) sent an offer of contract extension to his number 21, who had been recruited from Stade Malherbe de Caen during the Mercato in 2012 against a check for 4M €. With the economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, AS Saint-Etienne would offer Romain Hamouma a salary reduction which would however be accompanied by several bonuses and bonus targets.
Business to follow for the current 16th in Ligue 1 in this winter Mercato …