This Friday your France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire branch is shaking up its programs. For an hour, between 7:30 am and 8:30 am, Claude Puel is the guest of Yann Terrou and the editorial staff for an exceptional interview.
A purchase option for Ignacio Ramirez
From the start of this interview, Claude Puel gave news of Saïdou Sow, stranded in Guinea after the coup d’état by the special forces. “He came back, we were one of the first clubs to come forward to bring him back“, explains the manager of the Greens.”We’ll see if we can field him against Montpellier this weekend.“Claude Puel then referred to the club’s new signing, Ignacio Ramirez.”We will see at the end of the season, but we have a buy option. We would have priority, but that will depend on the finances of the club. He is an interesting player, a real center-forward, who has good gestures in front of the goal, an intelligent player who sits well, he has the necessary coolness in front of the goal.“
Sustain the club
“We are very happy to welcome Romain Hamouma again“, confides Claude Puel, evoking this very restricted transfer window of the club. “Many players have progressed, there we have to be in a confirmation, some young people have a step to pass. We must confirm and the challenge is there. You have to find this balance, always renewing yourself and questioning yourself. “
Asked about the financial situation of the club, the manager of the Greens confides that the ambition, “it is to perpetuate the club.“”I have not had the opportunity to be active in the last four transfer window. We must be the last club in terms of transfer investments, because the club followed a short-term model that was no longer financially sustainable, deficits have widened and we have been forced to clean up the finances since my arrival. , while continuing to develop young players. It is a balancing act for the good of ASSE.“
“What I like is playing the first places”
On France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire, Claude Puel also confided in his coaching profession, which he has been practicing for over 20 years. “I had told my wife that it is a crazy job, and initially I did not plan to be a coach. It is a combination of circumstances. What is important is to develop the team, is to develop all the players. What I like about this job is playing the first places as a competitor, such as a Champions League, I hope that Saint-Étienne will find this possibility there, except that for the moment it is not possible. But I hope that players trained in Saint-Étienne at the moment will have the opportunity to play in European cups.“
We are also waiting for you at 04.77.10.00.10 to ask your questions to Claude Puel.