Saint-Etienne made an effort this winter to bring in a benchmark striker in its squad. After having failed in the files leading to Mostafa Mohamed and then to Cyle Larin, the Forez club finely convinced Anthony Modeste to join him in all the last hours of the transfer window. The news just came.
“On Monday, AS Saint-Étienne and FC Cologne reached an agreement for the loan without option to buy Anthony Modeste (32) until next June. After Pape Abou Cissé, officially Stéphanois since last Saturday, the experienced striker is the club’s second recruit since the start of the transfer window ”, immediately informs the press release from AS Saint-Etienne. At 32, the French striker is making his comeback in Ligue 1, 8 years after leaving him, he who was in Bordeaux at the time after a loan from Bastia.
Modeste returns to Ligue 1
As we told you earlier today, the player is very motivated to join the Greens, a legendary club despite a slightly more complicated period at the moment. He will also be able to revive himself, he who did not play much on the side of Cologne, current 14th in the Bundesliga. He played only 8 league games for one start only.
Modeste will be able to bring his experience to a very young group and his killer qualities in the penalty area. With the still tender Charles Abi (2 goals) and Maxence Rivera (no goal), the Greens’ attack does not weigh heavily in Ligue 1 (21 goals scored in 22 matches, 18th attack in the championship). The center-forward is on a six-month dry loan between Saint-Etienne and Cologne, while his contract runs until 2023 with the German club.