Etienne Green is preparing to continue the adventure in green. Landed at AS Saint-Étienne at the age of 9, the 20-year-old goalkeeper, revealed to the general public during his first Ligue 1 match against Nîmes in early April, was at the end of his contract at the end of the season. He signed for three more years, according to information from the Progress unveiled the day before PSG-ASSE. The club should soon formalize this extension, like that of defender Saïdou Sow.
“The meetings in L1 have just confirmed his potential”
Negotiations between the player’s clan and ASSE had a favorable outcome after the first two matches brilliantly disputed by the third Saint Etienne goalkeeper against the Crocos and the Girondins de Bordeaux. But they had been started several weeks earlier: “AS Saint-Étienne and Etienne Green have both expressed the will to continue the road together. Discussions in this direction were initiated more than a month before the match in Nimes, “said Nicolas Remonnay, president of the Pro Eleven agency and adviser to the player, in a statement. “The meeting in Nîmes and the following ones were sporting important for Etienne. It is for these times that he trains (almost) every day. They did not initiate or change the basis of the discussions but just confirmed its potential, which the goalkeeper coach and coach see on a daily basis. “
His crutch received against PSG still makes him suffer
Since last summer, the staff have appreciated the shadow work of the Stéphanois goalkeeper, until then in the shadow of Nathan Cremillieux, also born in 2000 and who left the club, then Stefan Bajic (2001) , in particular, both accustomed to the young French teams. In his corner, the humble and discreet Green has worked hard and improved a lot, technically and physically. The ASSE noticed this and began the negotiations, carried out “in their entirety by Jean-Luc Buisine (director of the recruitment unit, Editor’s note)”, specifies Nicolas Remonnay.
After three consecutive matches in L1, will Green play his fourth against Brest on Saturday? The third goalkeeper of the Greens remained in care during the first half of the week. He is still in pain after a crutch contracted in the thigh during a collision with the post late in the game on Sunday at the Parc des Princes.