Now AS Saint-Etienne’s number 1 goalkeeper, Jessy Moulin knew that Stéphane Ruffier’s unceremonious departure would put him under pressure. But he assumes.
In the shadow of Stéphane Ruffier for many years, Jessy Moulin remained discreet in the incredible clash that lasted months between Claude Puel and the number 1 goalkeeper, pushed into the stands by the coach of the Greens. And Moulin didn’t retaliate either when Ruffier’s agent tapped anything that moved, including him. But since January 4, and the announcement of the dismissal of Stéphane Ruffier by Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo, Jessy Moulin is clearly a new player. And this is confirmed on the Ligue 1 pitches, since after a complicated first half of the season, the Saint-Etienne goalkeeper has recovered. A guest of France Bleu Loire, the one who was trained at AS Saint-Etienne does not hide the fact that Stéphane Ruffier’s departure has freed him all the same.
” The critics ? I know that being exposed makes you subject to criticism, but when it does, even if you expect it, inevitably with fatigue and declining morale, it hurts more and it’s hard to understand. But that’s part of the job, I’ve learned a lot about this this season (…) Was Stéphane Ruffier’s departure a form of liberation? Yes and no. I knew I was going to be compared, that’s normal, it’s football, I’ve been a professional for 17 years, I know how it works. I think that Stéphane Ruffier was tried a little bit, while I just kept working. But I see more of a coincidence in making clean sheets, it is more due to the team and the path we are taking at the start of the year than anything else “, Said, modestly, Jessy Moulin, who has never soaped the board of his former teammate.