The only AS Saint-Etienne rookie this summer, Ignacio Ramirez leaves Uruguay at 24 for the first time in his career. Gabriel Silva is not worried about him.
ASSE came close to zero points in this summer transfer market. Finally, Ignacio Ramirez was loaned on August 31 in the dying minutes of the transfer window, by Liverpool FC, club from Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The striker leaves his country to join Europe for the first time, aged 24. He is expected to progress under Claude Puel, especially as a place on the attacking front awaits him with Charles Abi leaving Guingamp on loan at the same time. But Ignacio Ramirez still has to adapt to the culture, the language and the French championship. His new teammate, Gabriel Silva, who arrived in Saint-Etienne in 2017, was reassuring on ASSE.tv.
“Several of us speak Spanish, which is a plus to help him”
“There are a lot of people who speak Spanish here, there is me, Miguel Trauco, Timothée Kolodziejczak or Ryad Boudebouz. I think Ignacio is going to be at his place here with us, to talk, to laugh. This is a plus to help him get used to France. When it’s the first time you’re leaving your country, it’s a bit difficult. But when you find people speaking the same language, it facilitates integration “, assured the Brazilian left-back, passed through Granada, where he was able to learn Spanish. Ignacio Ramirez has been training with the squad since the start of the week. He could well already be chosen by Claude Puel for the trip to Montpellier. ASSSE, who have taken just three points in three games, face club Hérault, orphaned by Andy Delort and Gaëtan Laborde, on Sunday at 1pm. Time is not running out yet but almost for Saint-Etienne, 16th in Ligue 1 currently.