Former ASSE player, Jeremy Clement gave his opinion on the sale of the Loire club and the project of Claude Puel, with talented and promising young players.
ASSE: Clément, “the takeover and a new project can do good”
ASSE had a complicated last season. The team of Claude Puel has long been threatened with relegation to Ligue 2 before finally ensuring its maintenance in Ligue 1, towards the end of the championship. Invited by Goal Saint-Etienne to continue on the situation of his former club currently on sale, Jérémy Clément delivered his magic recipe to put AS Saint-Étienne afloat financially and sportingly.
According to him, the sale of the Loire club could allow the Stéphanoise team to reach a new level. “I think it’s important that presidents know how to leave the club at the right time to start a new project. All the teams need at some point to find a new lease of life “, said the former ASSE defensive midfielder. “You have to have grip and strength to instill a new dynamic. A buyout, a new project, can do good, even if it’s not an exact science. This is the magic of football “, recommended Jérémy Clément, exclusively for the source.
Sainté’s lack of experience worries Jérémy Clément
The former Stéphanois, now coach of FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (National 3), also spoke on Claude Puel’s young team. He is a little worried because the green nuggets lack high level experience. “Puel has very specific ideas, goals and ambitions, and he relies on young people. But I think we have had good seasons with experienced players. […] It is this lack of experience that could worry me “, he warned, while admitting that ASSE has limited resources and “In a period of transition”.
Jérémy Clément recognizes that it will be ” complicated “ for the Greens “to have a real full season only with young people, but sometimes the club has to live with it. Sainté could not help it. I talk a lot about experienced players, but it costs a lot. I am thinking in particular of the economic aspect. This is the reality of football at the moment. ASSE don’t have unlimited resources, they have to deal with a tight budget, “said the 37-year-old former player and technician.