He is the man we have always had the impression of seeing and never heard. And when Frédéric Émile (52) agrees to exchange his frank smile for words, AS Saint-Étienne immediately takes charge of imposing silence on him. It’s a shame, because he would have so much to tell about a club in which he landed the day after the 1998 World Cup final. At the request of Gérard Soler, then deputy president of ASSE, and as a sales representative, Firstly. A position that this manager of the hospitality village of France 98 in Toulouse already occupied. Holder of a BTS in commercial action, Frédéric Émile, “Fred” for close friends, then came to assist Jeannot Dees in the stewardship of the Greens. When the latter left to train the goalkeepers, he found himself alone in command, from July 1, 2000.