The management of Claude Puel is divisive, it is understood. Some of those who have left AS Saint-Etienne, such as Robert Beric and Franck Honorat, have said how hard the coach’s way of doing is to take. Others are silent but the echoes coming from the locker room are not encouraging. And then there are those who have been temporarily removed from Forez but who make it clear that they have no intention of setting foot there again at the end of their loan!
He dreams of playing in La Liga with Leganés
Sergi Palencia is one of them. The right-back was sent to Leganés, in the Spanish Second Division, last summer. Puel clearly didn’t trust him as he had only fielded him five times the previous season. This season, he has taken part in 29 meetings with his team, well on his way to return to La Liga next season.
Asked by the EFE Sports media about his future, Palencia explained: “My dream would be to wear the Leganés jersey at Camp Nou next season”. The side was indeed trained at Barça … His intentions are rather clear, so he does not intend to return to Saint-Etienne, even if during this same interview, he explained that his passage in France to him had allowed to gain muscle and change character. ASSE, where he has not convinced since his arrival in the summer of 2019 during a transfer that no one had understood (Debuchy was already the holder, Monnet-Paquet could assist him in a piston scheme), should not oppose his departure …
🎙️Sergi Palencia (ex-Barcelona B captain now on loan at Leganes from AS Saint-Étienne) in an interview with @EFEdeportes
🗣️: “I dream of wearing the Leganés shirt at the Camp Nou next season” #FCB 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/g9lcuhgiDw
– Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) March 30, 2021