Long threatened with relegation, the ASSE finally ensured its maintenance in Ligue 1 before the end of the season. In addition, the club finished first in the ranking of clubs that use the most players from their training center, according to a study.
ASSE: confidence in the players of the training center
ASSE is the club that most shines the spotlight on players trained in its academy, according to the latest weekly newsletter from the Football Observatory CIES (International Center for the Study of Sport). In an official statement on its website, the club relayed the source’s report on the 2020-2021 season. “CIES has established AS Saint-Étienne as the Ligue 1 Uber Eats club that trusts players from its training center the most,” said the club based at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. According to figures from the Observatory, ASSE allowed 35.03% of the total playing time of its professional team to players trained at the Center-sportif Robert-Herbin. The Stéphanois are thus doing better than their rivals Olympique Lyonnais (21.22%).
Nineteenth in Ligue 1 and threatened with descent in Ligue 2 two days before the end of the championship, Nîmes Olympique is the third team that gives playing time to players of its own, up to 20.22%. “Since April 4 and the first noticeable tenure of Etienne Green (20-year-old goalkeeper) in Nîmes (2-0), there are now 17 players from the ASSE training center to have worn the Green jersey “, Underlined the club, while underlining” that no other club of the five big leagues has done better “.
The players trained and launched by Saint-Etienne this season
Since last season, and especially since the arrival of Claude Puel at ASSE, the promotion of young players has returned to the center of the Saint-Etienne project. Several players who won the Gambardella Cup in April 2019 were promoted to the pros. Charles Abi, Stefan Bajic, Bilal Benkhedim, Mahdi Camara, Baptiste Gabard, Lucas Gourna, Étienne Green, Aïmen Moueffek, Jessy Moulin, Arnaud Nordin, Maxence Rivera, Abdoulaye Sidibé, Rayan Souici, Saïdou Sow, Tyrone Tormin, Marvin Tshibuabua and Wesley Fofana . It should be noted that the latter started the 2020-2021 financial year under the Green jersey before his transfer to Leicester City in the Premier League on October 2, 2020.