Before the shock of the bottom of the table against FC Nantes in Geoffroy-Guichard, Wednesday evening on behalf of the 23rd day of Ligue 1, Claude Puel returned to a press conference on the arrivals of Pape Cissé and Anthony Modeste.
If he welcomed the recruitment of the Senegalese central defender and the French striker, respectively loaned by Olympiakos and Cologne, the general manager of AS Saint-Etienne does not believe that the start of his team will only pass by their presence.
“These are two players who will do us a lot of good by the end of the season. But I’m counting on the whole group, the entire workforce. They didn’t have a regular playing time. They discover a team. They haven’t trained with it yet. In our collective, there are things that we have been working on for weeks. They are not saviors either. There is no such thing.“
The two reinforcements of the winter transfer window of Saint-Etienne are in the group against the Canaries and are aiming for their first minutes.
🆕 @cissepapeabou and @ amodeste27 retained
🔙 Wahbi #Khazri back👥 Claude’s group #Puel 👔 for #ASSEFCN 👇 pic.twitter.com/0KvBVk3PwY
– AS Saint-Étienne (@ASSEofficiel) February 2, 2021