AS Saint-Etienne : Mercato: a Turkish club hesitates between Khazri and an OL striker | ASSE News

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A year later, Wahbi Khazri was again pushed towards the exit by AS Saint-Etienne. Not that the 30-year-old Tunisian striker is unworthy, quite the contrary. When Claude Puel decided to call on his services, he scored valuable goals in the maintenance race, such as that in Angers (1-0), one in Nîmes (2-0) and a hat-trick against Bordeaux ( 4-1). His problem is his salary, which weighs too much on the finances in the red of the Greens.

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Compensation of € 4 million for one or the other?

One year from the end of his contract, the Corsican is therefore invited to look elsewhere. We have already relayed the information that the Turks in Basaksehir are studying his profile. Moreover, Khazri’s agents went to the former Ottoman Empire to try to move forward on a transfer. But the 2020 Turkish champions are studying another track, still in France.

This track would be that of Islam Slimani. OL’s Algerian striker is under contract until 2022 but he will not be retained by Rhone leaders forced to rebuild their workforce. Basaksehir thinks he can recruit one or the other of the two players for € 4m. But the leaders have not yet made their choice.