To everyone’s surprise, Saint-Etienne recruited a striker on the last day of the summer transfer window in Ignacio Ramirez.
Saint-Etienne supporters no longer believed in it, they finally saw an attacker land in the money-time of the transfer window. 24-year-old Uruguayan striker Ignacio Ramirez has been loaned to Liverpool FC Montevideo. Until now, ASSE supporters believed Ramirez’s loan did not include a buyout option. But in an interview with France Bleu this weekend, Claude Puel said that Saint-Etienne did have a priority option to permanently recruit Ignacio Ramirez at the end of the season. Good news for the Forézien club, which has been looking for a real killer in attack for far too long …
ASSE with Ramiez and without Sow on Sunday?
“He’s an interesting player because he’s a real center-forward who stays in the box. He’s a smart player. He’s not a great dribbler, not a crashing player. On the other hand, he is a finisher. When there is the ball lying around, he has the necessary coolness in front of the goal, with relaxation. We have a purchase option, we will have priority to exercise the option but everything will depend on the finances of the club ” revealed Claude Puel, who will count on a center-forward from Sunday at 1 p.m. on the lawn of Montpellier. The ASSE boss, however, is uncertain whether he can field Saidou Sow in Guinea in the attempted coup in Conakry on Sunday. “We were the first or one of the first clubs to come forward to try to get him back very quickly given the somewhat delicate situation there was in Guinea. We will see if we can align him in Montpellier because he comes from an orange country in terms of Covid ” explained Claude Puel, who will aim for the first Saint-Etienne victory of the season against the MHSC on Sunday.