THE’ ASSE is still waiting for its first summer recruit. Wajdi Kechrida announced weeks ago has still not signed. In the meantime, the Loire club have just been distinguished again after the last two seasons.
ASSE ranked among the best training clubs
With less than three weeks to go before Ligue 1 resumes, ASSE have still not registered any new players due to lack of substantial financial means to recruit during this summer transfer window. But also because AS Saint-Étienne is for sale, and the sale file is the priority of the two presidents Roland romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo, at the moment.
While waiting for the first summer recruit or the sale of the club, the Stéphanois are delighted with their classification among the best training clubs in France. “ASSE continues to progress in the ranking of French training centers. Eighth in 2019, fourth last year, the club is still one of the very best this season “, welcomed Sainté, in an official statement, on his website.
“The 2021 review of the efficiency criteria for French training centers, defined by the FFF and the LFP, once again places AS Saint-Étienne among the best students in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 championships BKT. Results which echo the obtaining of the “Prestige” label, acquired by the club during the last classification established by the French Football Federation ”, underlined the Greens.
Sainté shines 5 stars in two categories
It should be noted that ASSE obtained the maximum marks of 5 stars in two categories: “professionalization” and “playing time in the first team”. In the last category, the Saint-Etienne academy is well ahead of its championship with 15,196 minutes of play offered to 19 players trained at the club. “A record in Ligue 1”exclaimed the club coached by Claude Puel.
Note that Mahdi Camara, Jessy Moulin, Arnaud Nordin and Lucas Gourna are among the 13 players who have obtained the most playing time within the Saint-Etienne squad. “With 27 players trained at Etrat and playing in one of the five major European championships (Wesley Fofana, Kurt Zouma, Josuha Guilavogui, Faouzi Ghoulam …), the Saint-Etienne team also enjoys a significant European representation which it worth the 3-star rating, ”Sainté said in closing.