AS Saint-Etienne : Mercato: in the fight with RB Leipzig for a young striker | ASSE News

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Author of a great start to the season and an interesting final sprint, AS Saint-Etienne suffered, between the two, not to have a leading scorer to get them out of their bad patch. Wahbi Khazri, so decisive from February, was in the closet, Denis Bouanga next to his pumps, Charles Abi too tender and Anthony Modeste, who arrived in January, not in good shape and then injured. Knowing that the latter has returned to Cologne and that the Tunisian will still be pushed towards the exit this summer because of his big salary, the recruitment of a striker becomes a necessity.

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LOSC has serious assets

A Turkish journalist last night leaked an interest from the AS Saint-Etienne recruiting unit for Enis Destan, an 18-year-old striker playing in Turkish L2 at Altinordu. This nugget scored 13 goals in the season just ended and his compensation would be around one million euros. Largely in the strings of Saint-Etienne.

The concern lies in the list of courtiers in Destan. There are two other French clubs, the Girondins de Bordeaux and LOSC, which can highlight its title of champion of France, its participation in the Champions League and its strong Turkish colony (Yilmaz, Yazici and Celik). But there is also the Belgian champion (Club Bruges) and especially RB Leipzig. The club sponsored by Red Bull has made a specialty of trading and is playing in a very competitive championship. In short, the Greens face a lot of competition!