AS Saint-Etienne welcomed the extension of Romain Hamouma’s contract on Wednesday while the latter was free and announced as close to other clubs. Reinforcement level, it is very calm, but Claude Puel is zen.
Beaten Saturday night by Clermont (2-3) in a preparatory match two weeks before the resumption of the Ligue 1 championship, ASSE is aware that we should not rely too much on a fiery transfer window to strengthen a workforce whose Claude Puel knows full well that it will not be reshuffled. On the sidelines of this meeting, the coach of AS Saint-Etienne spoke about the situation of the Greens in the transfer market, and the technician did not sell dreams to the fans. Puel is realistic about the financial stakes that accompany this period and he will do the best with the players he has, just as he did last season.
Claude Puel is not the type to bang his fist on the table for reinforcement, and that is also why Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo chose him, so he wants to be very philosophical. ” I am focusing on my current group. I have already expressed myself on the subject of the transfer window. If a player should join us, it’s because he represents added value to the squad, otherwise it’s not worth it. If we have an opportunity or two, we will seize them, if we do not have them, we will not recruit and we will do with our workforce. This squad finished in the middle of the standings », Recalled the Saint-Etienne coach, who is already waiting to have found all of his players in order to start the Ligue 1 season as well as possible. late.