Zapping Goal! Football club ASSE: top 10 market values of the Greens
In addition to Kévin Monnet-Paquet who has been left free by his leaders, Romain Hamouma – who is courted by Christophe Galtier’s Nice – now has more chances to pack up than to pile up with the Greens. He could be emulated by Arnaud Nordin, who likes Strasbourg and the Bundesliga and who, one year from the end of his contract, is reluctant to extend. As for Denis Bouanga, the question will also arise concerning him even if it is very unlikely that the offers for the Gabonese – cited in Lens, Rennes, OM or on the side of Olympiakos in recent weeks – reach this summer the level hoped for in 2020 (€ 15 million).
Obviously, ASSE will seek to make one or two offensive reinforcements. And not just a # 9. Sainté took information on certain players such as Zinédine Ferhat (Nîmes Olympique, 28 years old) or Angelo Fulgini (SCO Angers, 24 years old), two tracks which are however a fantasy given the financial demands of the clubs concerned.
Mirallas, the right profile for after Hamouma?
CVs of lower cost players have also arrived on Jean-Luc Buisine’s desk. In particular that of a player already known in Forez. Free since his departure from Gaziantep in Turkey, Kévin Mirallas (33) offered his services to the Greens on beIN Sports: “A return to France cannot be ruled out. I love the country, there are beautiful slopes in France. It always went well. Even in Saint-Etienne, even if it ended badly. It’s still a great adventure and it’s a club that I carry within me. It is a prestigious club, in addition there is Claude Puel. He could bring me back there and the fact that there is something unfinished ”. He comes out of a season with 31 matches (7 goals, 6 assists) and could bring the experience that will be lacking following the departure of Hamouma and Monnet-Paquet. The Greens are also eyeing younger profiles. According to insider Mohamed Toubache-Ter, the loan of the young Swiss winger from Nice, Dan Ndoye (20) is under consideration.
Other more axial tracks circulate. Corresponding to the specifications set by Claude Puel, the Ghanaian Caleb Ekuban (Trabzonspor, 27) is a serious track but too expensive (between 4 and 6 M €) to be pushed further at the start of the Mercato. According to our information, the ASSE recruitment unit is also looking at profiles among our Swiss and Belgian neighbors. The French Thomas Henry (OH Louvain, 26), second top scorer in the Jupiler League last year (21 goals), was notably observed. Former player of FC Nantes, the native of Argenteuil is also in the good papers of RC Lens.
ASSE’s offensive tracks
ASSE has already dug a few avenues to strengthen its attack. While Kévin Mirallas (free) offered, a winger (a priori younger) could land. In front, Ekuban is targeted but it is not the only open track.
