When Loïc Perrin, the former captain and emblematic player of AS Saint-Etienne (2003-2020), takes news from you on the phone, there is something to smile about. It is the surprise that several supporters had among the 12,500 subscribers of the Forez football club. While fans have been deprived of a stadium for a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Saint-Etienne club has found an original way to reconnect with its most loyal supporters. Players and club members regularly call subscribers to hear from them and cheer them up. “They are very happy that we hear from them. They really appreciate it and in addition the message of a player makes them happy. It shows a lot of proximity”, says Anaïs Durand, head of the ticketing service of ASSE . For the club, this operation is also a way to calm the scolding of certain groups of supporters who express their anger on social networks because of the poor results of the Stéphanoise team, currently 15th in Ligue 1. “Your silence is the thing. admission of your guilt, “said a banner placed in front of the Greens stadium. Since then, players have picked up the phone.