AS Saint-Etienne : ASSE goalkeeper Jessy Moulin wanted to stay in Saint-Etienne | ASSE News

By Luc Chatel
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The goalkeeper who remained 22 years at ASSE and who signed for two seasons at Troyes explains in an interview with Progress that he would gladly have stayed one more year at Saint-Etienne.
The 22-year-old goalkeeper at ASSE, who signed for two seasons at Troyes, explains in an interview with Le Progrès that he would gladly have stayed another year at Saint-Etienne.

This deserves to be underlined because it is rather rare in the world of football: the keeper of ASSE Jessy Moulin does not use the language of wood at all in the interview he gave on a daily basis progress published this Wednesday July 28.

Jessy Moulin was revealed at the start of the season following the dismissal of the historic Greens goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier by coach Claude Puel.

Eternal second since twenty-two years of playing ASSE, he had some great outings and established himself even more as one of the team’s captains, which he was already in the locker room and on a daily basis.

But an injury sidelined him in January 2021 and he was number 2 by then. Etienne Green who took the light and won through his performances. A few days ago, as the transfer window was in full swing, Jessy Moulin announced that he was signing for two seasons at the Troyes club.

Claude Puel did not retain him

He reconsiders this decision in the interview he gave to Le Progrès, clearly explaining that Claude Puel did not retain him when Jessy Moulin told him he had received a proposal from Troyes.

And he comments: “I’m happy to have been able to sign at Troyes and I think that I would have been happy to stay in Saint-Etienne also. “To the question of the journalist who is waiting for confirmation by asking him” If ASSE had offered you an extra year, would you have stayed? “, He replies:” There would have been a good chance. “

The goalkeeper also evokes his complicated relationship with Stéphane Ruffier and the hundreds of messages received from supporters of Saint-Etienne when he announced his departure.

He who has known many coaches at the club, he quotes the two who have marked him the most: ” Christophe galtier for bringing the team back to the European Cup on a regular basis and Jean-Louis Gasset with whom it was great to live every day. “

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