A striker who has become emblematic of AS Saint-Etienne, Romain Hamouma has known almost everything with the Greens.
European adventures, victory in the Coupe de la Ligue, and now a less glorious period, with two consecutive years of struggle for maintenance. At 33, the native of Montbéliard is still a driving force in the attack on ASSE, even if his future is more than uncertain as he is coming to the end of his contract. He has the confidence of Claude Puel, but the coach of the Greens still wants to make his team even younger, in particular by separating from a few executives like Mathieu Debuchy Wahbi Khazri and Romain Hamouma. The latter multiplies the appeals of the foot towards his direction, without success for the moment. Relying on the Coparena podcast, the former Laval and Caen player, however, was keen to re-establish some truths about the last great period that ASSE experienced, under the thumb of Jean-Louis Gasset. Since the departure of the current Bordeaux coach, criticism has fallen on the construction site he left in Forez, with players too stingy with effort, due to their comfortable contract and their good season.
It was not the bathrobe team
For Romain Hamouma, it is time to set the record straight and explain that yes, the Greens were working hard with Jean-Louis Gasset at the helm. “ Articles came out, showing that we were “bathrobe slippers” with Jean-Louis. You do not finish fourth by putting on tap dance, that does not exist. He managed to manage his group as much as possible. He handled me at times when I was less well. He made me come back up, gain self-confidence. He federated the group as much as possible, we wanted to fight for him. It was incredible, I lived an extraordinary year because he was always present to say the right word to you, to make you laugh. Frankly, she is an extraordinary person. He was very close to me when my daughter was hospitalized. He’s a great guy, one of the most beautiful encounters I have had in football honestly “, Underlined, in remarks reported by Envertetcontretous.fr, the attacker of ASSE, who kept a very good often of his collaboration with Gasset, and does not hesitate to say it loud and clear to Saint-Etienne .