THE’ ASSE remains faithful to its policy of promoting young players from its training center. As a result, many players terminating their contracts in the summer of 2022 are being pushed out. They left to leave the Loire club freely.
ASSE: Khazri and Kolodziejczak, one last year
Claude Puel continues to extend the contracts of talented and promising young players from the ASSE academy, but also those who have been recruited like Adil Aouchiche (19) for example. However, the general manager does not look at the executives of his team, whose contracts expire on June 30, 2022. Wahbi Khazri (30 years old) and Timothy Kolodziejczak (29) decided to honor their last year of tenure with a lot of commitments, before going free. “I have a year to do here. I want to take advantage ”, said the defender after the game against RC Lens (2-2).
Regarding Wahbi Khazri, he has the highest salary in the Saint-Etienne cloakroom (€ 290,000 monthly). Kolodziejczak also, because his salary is estimated at nearly € 120,000. They are among the players that the club can no longer have in its squad, as President Bernard Caïazzo has clarified. “AS Saint-Étienne, next season, we will have eliminated all salaries above 100,000 €. We are going to return to a salary cap as we had at one time. Because it is part of our policy. We think this is the best possible policy. “ Extended for one year this summer, Romain Hamouma (34), Miguel Trauco (29) and Ryad Boudebouz (31) are also leaving at the end of their contract in ten months.
Nordin and Bajic have extension offers, but …
Although out of the ASSE training center and still young, Arnaud Nordin (23) and Stefan Bajic (19) would also be affected by a departure in summer 2022. According to Goal Football Club, they have received contract extension proposals for months, but were not thrilled by the offer from the Saint-Etienne management. However, their respective lease ends in June 2022. “The tendency is for him to leave free at the end of his contract”, the source said, of Nordin who “has not heard from the club” since.
Unwanted in the market
The source also confirms that ASSE is trying to get rid of unwanted players “Like Assane Diousse, Bilal Benkhedim, Lamine Ghezali or Alpha Sissoko”, but they still have no buyers four days before the end of the summer transfer window. The latter should join the reserve if they are not sold or loaned in the closing hours of the transfer window.