AS Saint-Etienne : Caiazzo, Romeyer, the future of the Greens … the former president André Laurent confided | ASSE News

Zapping Goal! Football club ASSE: the best statements of the year 2020

Goal ! : André, what do you think of the current direction of ASSE?

I know Romeyer well, he took care of amateurs in my time. He was already there. We can reward him with two things: he is a good Stéphanois and he loves ASSE. Caiazzo is a Parisian who wanted to play a role in football and the club allowed him to show off. After two presidents, that’s not necessarily a good thing. But I respect both.

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“I hope that if there is a change, it will be a local who takes over the club rather than American, Chinese or Saudi investors who do not even know its history”

Fans hope for change …

I hope that if there is a change, it will be a local who takes over the club rather than American, Chinese or Saudi investors who do not even know its history. I wish a local to experience what I experienced. President of the Greens, it was hot and exciting. I enjoyed it.

Do you still follow the matches?

No. I turned the page when I left ASSE and the presidency of the UCPF. I then chaired the Chamber of Commerce. It was also nice even if there weren’t the pre-matches, the scrubs. I loved it. I also found Herbin very strong in his ability to keep calm after a defeat. He always took a step back to analyze while after the victories, he always found fault, he corrected. Because he estimated the players more receptive than after a defeat.

ASSE in the Champions League, can you believe it?

It happened in Montpellier, Lille, Rennes. But for a city like Saint-Etienne, it’s difficult to still fight every season with Liverpool, Manchester, Bayern Munich. The great era is over, we must no longer dream. The essential thing for ASSE is to mobilize resources to have an honorable role and to end up European from time to time. And above all, it is to give a beautiful image, an image of freshness, enthusiasm, generosity, so that the supporters are proud of their team.