In an interview with Le Progrès, ASSE coach Claude Puel spoke about the last mercatos for the Saint-Etienne team.
“We only invested 800,000 euros on two mercatos. No French club has done so little. I couldn’t do anything despite interesting and affordable profiles, for lack of means. We had to sell young people to already ensure that we could simply be present in Ligue 1 and pay salaries, before looking into the green project and the effects of Covid-19. “