AS Saint-Etienne : Batlles ready to play a nasty trick on Puel! | ASSE News

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As we know, Claude Puel has two recruitment priorities this summer to strengthen ASSE: a n ° 9 and a central defender. And his idea, in defense, would be to bring back Pape Cissé, performing at the end of last season. The Senegalese had been loaned by Olympiakos, with a purchase option of € 13m. Far, very far from the possibilities of ASSE this summer.

And if the Greens have not given up the hope of convincing Olympiakos to revise its demands downwards, L’Equipe unveils this Monday the interest of another French club: Troyes. “Nearly six months spent on loan at Saint-Étienne during the second part of last season, Pape Abou Cissé could quickly return to France, indeed indicates the site of the daily. This is the wish of the leaders of Troyes, who have erected the slender defender of Olympiakos (25 years old, 1.97 m) as a priority. ESTAC is ready to offer € 5 million, with various bonuses, to convince Olympiakos, where the Senegalese international remains under contract until 2024. The two clubs are still in the negotiation phase. Cissé, he would like to leave Greece this summer and favors a return to France. »To be continued, therefore …

Troyes eyeing Cisse

Interested in a return of Pape Cissé, ASSE could well blow the Senegalese defender by the ESTAC of Laurent Batlles!

Laurent HESS