Claude Puel, general manager of ASSE, renewed his confidence in several technicians in charge of training and youth categories within the Loire club. They are continuing the good work done at the Academy, as the club management learned on Thursday April 1st.
ASSE renews the trainers at the end of their contract
In an official statement posted on its website, ASSE learned that several technical managers and trainers from its training center remain in post for next season. Their contract, which expired in June 2021, has been renewed. “AS Saint-Étienne is pleased to announce the renewal of all the contracts of the educators at the training center, whose engagement ended at the end of this season. They decided to extend the adventure, “Sainté said. The officials and educators concerned are: Laurent Huard, technical manager of the ASSE training center, Razik nedder and Kevin De Jesus, respectively coach and assistant coach of the reserve team, Jean-Luc Dogon, boss of the U19 group, Jean-François Bedenik, goalkeeper coach, Patrick Moreau and Alessandro Zambelli, respectively coach and assistant coach of the group U17. The management of Stéphanois underlines that these technicians “thus contribute to consolidating the sports project based in particular on the development of players trained at the club”.
Claude Puel’s reaction
Claude Puel reacted to this decision, a guarantee of “the stability of the technical supervision and key to the success” of the ASSE training project. “We have started a new project, relying on our training, among other things, to make it the basic element. I am very happy that all the educators, to whom we have offered a contract extension, have chosen to support the future of the club and I thank them for that, “he said. “It was important to be part of a certain continuity, to share this adventure where we must always be more demanding in our company in order to meet the many challenges that are asked of us. Many new and young elements have incorporated the professional group. It’s a very ambitious goal, an important responsibility, but also a great privilege to develop all together, from pre-training to post-training and the first team, players with potential to take the leading roles in Ligue 1. “, Explained the boss of the technical staff of ASSE.