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In a complicated financial situation, and while the club is officially for sale, AS Saint-Etienne will not destroy a reliable group during the summer transfer window to fill the coffers.
After shaking its supporters, AS Saint-Etienne managed to raise the bar, and Sunday’s draw in Lille proved that the Greens had regained their true colors and a solidarity that has sometimes disappeared this season. Before the last day of the Ligue 1 season, Claude Puel’s team is in 11th place in the standings, and the prospect of hosting Dijon next Sunday at Geoffroy-Guichard should allow ASSE to finish one or two places more high. Something to reassure the Stéphanois coach for next season, even if several executives are coming to the end of their contracts. While some fear that Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo will be forced to sell the best youngsters, Denis Balbir does not really have that fear.
For the journalist, supporter of AS Saint-Etienne, an exodus is not to be feared, and on Goal he shows his confidence in the next transfer window of the Greens. ” Am I afraid that the offseason will break this beautiful dynamic? No. I want to stay optimistic. The team will not be sold in its entirety to straighten out the accounts. Yes, there will be some adjustments. I hope that ASSE will manage to keep some promising players like Green or Gourna-Douath, but I do not see a “massive exodus” in the Loire workforce. Maybe we will see some departures to reduce the payroll. That said, I remain convinced that Claude Puel will manage to keep a spine for next season. The work done today will not help. Of course there will be some alterations to be made by obligation. A Mahdi Camara might be solicited and sold, but I don’t care more than that », Explains Denis Balbir.