The former ASSE goalkeeper reportedly insulted his manager before being sacked for “serious misconduct” last month.
Last month Stéphane Ruffier left AS Saint-Etienne through the back door after 10 years of loyal service. The 34-year-old goalkeeper was gradually sidelined by Claude Puel, before being sent off for “serious misconduct” in early January. A soap opera that stirred the dressing room of the Greens and whose The Parisian does reveal new details in today’s edition.
Indeed, the Ile-de-France daily reports that Ruffier’s attitude in training would have got the better of his coach’s patience. The two reportedly even got confused during a session after Claude Puel simply asked his doorman to return to the ground, rather than back off into the air. What Ruffier would have replied “By insults”. “It took so little for Stéphane to make things right. Puel didn’t hate him, unlike what he got into. This story is a real mess “, Regrets a member of the staff of the Greens. But the situation did not get better and Stéphane Ruffier has now become an educator at Aviron Bayonnais in National 3.