Romain Molina, author of several books on football, gave his analysis on the financial situation of the Greens.
“Saint-Étienne is very strong on communication to make people believe that everything is going well financially. The total of mutations has been added to the total of products. The results are therefore positive because there were 44M euros in transfers, otherwise the structural deficit would be around 40M euros! Fofana allowed the club to breathe, just like Saliba before (Editor’s note: the sale of Fofana is not counted in this balance sheet). We have seen that the money was not reinvested because Saint-Étienne is still caught by the throat, “Romain Molina said on his Youtube account.