Silent since the start of the summer transfer window, ASSE is about to make its first official announcement. Claude Puel and the Greens have finally got their hands on their first reinforcement.
ASSE is preparing a huge downsizing
Eager to reduce its workforce and its payroll next season, AS Saint-Étienne should not oppose the departures of some players from the current squad of Claude Puel. According to information from journalist Romain Molina, in a Live, the leaders of ASSE promised the DNCG (National Directorate of Management and Control of the Professional Football League (LFP) to further reduce the wage bill.
The Saint-Etienne club will therefore get rid of some high-paying players and especially sell those who have good market value. But ASSE will also have to make efforts to strengthen Puel’s squad for next season. The Stéphanois coah will rely on players like Mahdi Camara, Arnaud Nordin or Miguel Trauco who qualified Peru next season. The latter propelled Peru to the semi-finals of the Copa America.
However, he hopes to attract new players to hope for a better place in the standings of the main French football championship, Ligue 1, next season. The idea will therefore be to recruit without putting the club’s finances further at risk. And the recruiters of AS Saint-Étienne have just struck a big blow in this direction.
Wajdi Kechrida soon formalized in Saint-Étienne
While PSG, OM, AS Monaco and OL, which make the football news, have already announced their first summer recruits, this is not yet the case for AS Saint-Étienne. But according to Tunisian media, the Loire club could also quickly issue its first official statement announcing a new signing. Free at the end of his contract with the Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Wajdi Kechrida will join Forez as expected for several weeks. Tunisian newspaper La Presse confirmed on Sunday that the 25-year-old right-back has reached full agreement with ASSE.
The Tunisian international (15 caps) should even land in Saint-Étienne in the coming days. “In addition to Ellyes Jelassi tracked by ESS, Union Sportive Monastirienne side Zied Machmoum will indeed drop off his bags in Sousse and replace Wajdi Kechrida, now starting for the Saint-Étienne Greens”, assures the Tunisian media. Good news for the Greens and Claude Puel.