TheASSE is certainly in the hard this season in League 1, still under the threat of the barrage, Nîmes, and the first relegation, FC Nantes, but its young players attract envy. To the point that it will probably be very difficult to keep them all, given the club’s economic situation. As with the departure of Wesley Fofana to Leicester City at the start of the season, management could be forced to give up some nuggets in the summer transfer window. Aïmen Moueffek is particularly closely scrutinized by several European clubs who could quickly go on the attack. Claude Puel must expect to see his workforce once again upset next season if he remains in the top flight.
Aïmen Moueffek in the sights of several European clubs
Aïmen Moueffek is highly coveted and ASSE will have a hard time keeping him this summer, given the clubs that are interested in him. The midfielder, who has taken part in 13 meetings this season, is out of contract in June 2022. But several clubs could try to recruit him in a few weeks. Indeed, according to information from France Football, the Borussia Monchengladbach and the Bayern Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga, but also Anderlecht in Belgium and the RB Salzburg in Austria are said to be in line to secure the services of the 19-year-old. It will be very difficult for the management of AS Saint-Etienne not to give in to one of these clubs to bail out the Saint-Etienne funds a little.
ASSE may be worried
In any case, it will be necessary to maintain League 1 to keep a hope of keeping the talented youth of the Greens during the next transfer window. “There was a more interesting period when we had taken our heads out of the water a little. These good results allowed us to breathe but today, we are still in difficulty, admitted Loïc Perrin, the iconic former ASSE defender of the past decade. You just have to do a bad series and you fall back quickly. Behind, there are clubs which manage to take points. The defeat at Lorient, against a direct competitor, hurt. When it goes like that, it’s complicated until the end. “
At Progress, Loïc Perrin delivered the right recipe for ASSE at the end of the season: “You have to be worried, we’ve been worried for a while, but you shouldn’t panic either. A good compromise is to find to keep the confidence, this mental strength. We must not ignite when things go well and be too defeatist when things go badly. It is in these moments when experienced players are important . It’s not all bad games, far from it, but in the end, they don’t necessarily work in our favor. ” This weekend, ASSE will meet Angers SCO on its way, Saturday (1 p.m.), at the Raymond Kopa stadium for the 29th day of the French championship.
By Matthew