In sporting and financial crisis, the ASSE considers himself defamed by Bernard Lions in his book on secrets of the Saint-Etienne club. The first leaders of the Greens also show the interest of Jacques Pauly and Laurent Roussey, holders of a plan to buy out the Forézien club.
ASSE denounces a campaign of destabilization
The management of ASSE is very concerned about the current situation of the club ranked 16th in Ligue 1 and threatened with relegation. Off the field, the supporters growl against Bernard Caïazzo and Roland romeyer, the two presidents. This week, Jacques Pauly and his right-hand man Laurent Roussey revived the idea of taking over AS Saint-Étienne. Without forgetting the book of Bernard lions, on ASSE. A work titled “Behind the Green Door”, in which the journalist from The team reveals “ASSE’s secret stories of the past twenty years”. The Loire club reacted vigorously to the intentions of Jacques Pauly and Laurent Roussey, but also to the revelations of the colleague.
“AS Saint-Étienne deplores the successive attempts at destabilization at the precise moment when the club is faced with major economic and sporting challenges,” the club said in a long statement. “Thus, Jacques Pauly and Laurent Roussey have embarked on a new harmful and malicious approach by calling, today Wednesday, the media to a press conference intended to maintain the illusion of a pharaonic takeover project. This absurd press conference comes just after the publication of Bernard Lions’ book, punctuated by reasoning as fallacious as those of the very mysterious buyer, ”Sainté denounced.
AS Saint-Étienne “reserves the right to initiate legal proceedings”
Annoyed by what they qualify as “untruths, inaccuracies, approximations or false revelations that are sometimes insulting or defamatory” published by the journalist of the sports daily, Bernard Caiazzo and his partner Roland Romeyer believe that “too much is too much”. They point to “a process just as inadmissible as the incredible ” financial package ” presented by Jacques Pauly and Laurent Roussey”. In conclusion, the two owners of ASSE “reserve the right to initiate appropriate legal proceedings”, because according to them: “these attempts to destabilize all the components of the club in their desire to ensure its sustainability”.
By ALEXIS