Due to lack of cash, AS Saint-Étienne recruited only one reinforcement on loan during the summer transfer window. However, this offensive rookie is far from satisfying ASSE, current Ligue 1 red lanterns.
A rookie in the hard at ASSE
AS Saint-Étienne has had a gloomy summer of 2021. In the grip of a financial crisis, the Greens signed only one reinforcement in the final transfer window. Juan Ignacio Ramirez is loaned to the Loire club by Liverpool FC Montevideo. Arrived with the status of serial goalscorer, the Uruguayan was supposed to forget the flop Anthony Modeste, loaned in the second half of last season by Cologne. However, the 24-year-old forward is also struggling for his debut for the Greens. In three appearances with Sainté, he has yet to be decisive. Worse, he is now relegated to the hierarchy of attackers by Claude Puel. The Saint-Etienne coach left him on the bench in the draw against Lyon on the last day (1-1).
Ramirez struggling, Claude Puel at fault?
Before signing for Saint-Etienne, the Uruguayan had 11 goals and 3 assists in 10 games for Liverpool FC Montevideo. For Jérôme Lecigne, the new Greens forward needs time to adapt to meet the expectations placed on him. “It is true that ideally, another period of adaptation would have been more beneficial for him to prevail upon his arrival”, indicates the specialist on France Blue Saint-Étienne Loire.
Uruguayan football specialist on Opposite skylight, Jérôme Lecigne does not spare Claude Puel in the bad patch that Ignacio Ramirez is going through. For the colleague, the last choices of the coach of ASSE concerning his new striker are questioning. “It’s worrying because a striker needs to break in, to play games. If he has the talent to succeed, he will eventually come out on top. He will have his chance again in the future, he will have to seize it then “, he notes.