Soon at the end of his contract with AS Saint-Etienne, Romain Hamouma is still awaiting an extension offer from his leaders. An astonishing situation for the former Stéphanois Benjamin Corgnet.
Maintained in Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne can thank its executives. While coach Claude Puel mainly intended to focus on the younger squad, the input of experienced players was ultimately essential to stay in the top flight. We talked about the good performance of Wahbi Khazri in front. But for his part, Romain Hamouma (34), regularly aligned, also shone. As a result, former Stéphanois Benjamin Corgnet does not understand why the striker finds himself at the end of his contract and without an offer from management.
” An extension, it would be well deserved, estimated the middle of Bourg-en-Bresse in an interview with But. Romain shows it again this season, he is a very good player who can make the difference at any time. It is perhaps going a little slower than before, and even more … It still has qualities in its first downforce of displacement, and of finisher. I saw that he had scored 60 goals with ASSE. He is a player who has remained constant. Even if the workforce has become much younger, we can see that it is players like Hamouma and Khazri who stood out and who allowed the club to maintain itself at the end of the season. “
Nothing is over for Hamouma
But unlike Mathieu Debuchy and Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Romain Hamouma still has a chance to convince Claude Puel. ” In a few weeks, he can commit wherever he wants. We intend to get closer to him as he has evolved to a good, and sometimes even to a very good level, recently confided the manager. Romain brought us a lot by showing consistency in his performances. He had a full season, arguably one of the best of his career. We knew how to manage his physique with him. Its repositioning in the axis allowed it to express itself fully, to take and to give pleasure thanks to successful services. “An overtime with a substitute role cannot be ruled out.