In January 2019, AS Saint-Etienne, launched in the race for Europe, had sights on Falaye Sacko. This right side, at the time 23 years old, played in Guimaraes and had caught the eye of the Saint-Etienne recruitment unit, which was headed by David Wantier. Jean-Louis Gasset wished Mathieu Debuchy an understudy but he had not been heard on this one.
Guimaraes claims โฌ 2 million to release his player
Once the summer of 2019 came, neither Wantier nor Gasset’s successor, Ghislain Printant, thought of reactivating the Sacko track. The Greens preferred to recruit Sergi Palencia from the Girondins de Bordeaux, which was a colossal flop. The Malian, for his part, remained at Vitoria Guimaraes, where he still holds.
But he could finally discover France this summer. Indeed, France Football announces that FC Lorient has views on him. And that the compensation claimed by the leaders of Guimaraes to release him (2 M โฌ) is largely within the cords of the Hake. The weekly specifies that the LOSC would also follow it, but in a more distant way. And ASSE? Sacko’s age, profile and price fit perfectly into Claude Puel’s youth project, but with Mathieu Debuchy and Yvann Maรงon, the manager of the Greens is already well provided …
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