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Since the start of the season, it is the attacking sector that has been lacking in ASSE. Claude Puel struggles to find the striker he misses so much. However, it is not for lack of multiplying the avenues to find the rare pearl. But the Greens do not seem to be at the end of their sentences.
Luck does not smile on Claude Puel regarding attackers. For some time now, the French technician has been looking for reinforcement in the offensive sector. And even if theASSE multiply the tracks, for the moment nothing is working. Last summer the Greens had to deal with the failure of the case M’Baye Niang. The Senegalese had failed the transfer by excluding from the discussions his usual agents according to information from The team. The leaders of Saint-Etienne have therefore decided to try their luck again this winter. But same scenario, when everything seemed about to be done with Mostafa Mohamed, the transfer was ultimately not concluded and the Egyptian spun on the side of Galatasaray. Finally, theASSE fell back on Anthony Modeste, but even there again, luck does not smile on the Greens.
Modeste did not convince
Indeed, the 33-year-old striker is seen as a failure to Saint Etienne. Arrived on loan without option to buy from Cologne at the very end of the winter transfer window, the French are struggling to convince in the Forez. In eight matches in all competitions with the Greens, Anthony Modeste Has not yet scored a goal or issued any assists. Worse still, the French striker was operated on for a pubalgia which keeps him from the field until the end of the season. Naturally, Modest should find Cologne at the end of the season, and theASSE is forced to look for a new attacker. Thus, the Greens would follow several tracks.
ASSE will have to fight for its new tracks
Indeed, Saint Etienne would be one of the clubs to be interested in Yuma Suzuki according to Yahoo Japan. The 25-year-old Japanese has had a satisfying season with Sint-Truiden in Belgium (17 goals and 4 assists in 35 matches in all competitions). But the battle promises to be tough as the Angers SCO and the Hertha Berlin would follow the attacker who dreams of evolving into Serie A. But he wouldn’t be the only player on the list of Claude Puel. Andrew Jung would also arouse the desires of the Saint-Etienne formation. At the age of 23, the Frenchman is so far the top scorer in National with Quevilly-Rouen (23 goals in 30 games). But while Chateauroux, club owner of the striker, seems open to a departure of his player as revealed by the general manager Patrick Trotignon in his interview for The New Republic, theASSE will have to face stiff competition since Metz, Nimes, Montpellier, Bordeaux and recently theOL would follow the case closely. Furthermore, Quevilly-Rouen, whose rise in League 2 gets closer and closer, does not seem willing to let go of the case as explained by the president of the club in the columns of Paris-Normandy. Saint Etienne therefore does not seem to be at the end of his troubles to find the striker he misses so much at the top of his squad.