Zapping Goal! Football club ASSE: the best statements of the year 2020
If AS Saint-Etienne had a better second half of the season than the first, it is because Wahbi Khazri did the job in attack but also because Pape Cissé, who arrived in January, had an immediate impact in defense. central. The Senegalese colossus, on loan from Olympiakos, had five excellent months in the green jersey, consolidating a very porous rearguard until then. Obviously, Claude Puel would like to keep the former Ajaccien but his purchase option is € 13 million and the champions of Greece would not have the intention of giving a gift.
Bouanga is worth more than Cissé
Knowing that the Greens will not have the means to exercise the option to buy Cissé, they only have one solution left: an exchange. And this solution would greatly appeal to the big club in the port of Athens. Indeed, Olympiakos would have views on Denis Bouanga and, according to the Greek press, the idea of an exchange would gain ground.
The Gabonese striker, excellent in his first season in Forez (10 goals, 3 assists), encountered more difficulties in 2020/21 (7 goals, 6 assists). But at 26, he still has room for improvement, which also interests clubs like Lens or Rennes in France. Olympiakos, through its sports director, François Modesto, is aware of this potential. Will Puel sacrifice his attacker to keep his Senegalese control tower? Be careful, however: the specialized site Transfermarkt estimates the value of Denis Bouanga at € 9 million and that of Pape Cissé at only € 6 million, more than twice the amount of his purchase option …
Olympiacos estaría interesado en el extremo gabones Denis Bouanga de 26 años que Juega en el Saint Etienne, in Saint Etienne está cedido por Olympiacos el Defensor central Pape Cisse, así que el club Francés podría usar in Bouanga como intercambio para quedarse con Cisse. pic.twitter.com/cAeJ7C5h2I
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