AS Saint-Etienne : Should the Greens make the effort to extend Khazri? | ASSE News

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And why not ?

At other times, I would probably have answered in the negative, obsessed with the economic argument which means that ASSE can hardly afford – with the current shareholding – to make an effort of € 300,000 per month to Wahbi Khazri. Except that the management will probably change in the coming weeks and that there will be a little more resources.

I think that, in a transition project, you still have to keep some strong markers. For almost a year, the Tunisian has been playing big games and is the only “top player” in the workforce. Of course, granting him an extension is spending payroll on a 30-year-old player offering no added value on resale, but it is also having a reliable framework to supervise young people and promote integration. recruits.

We have seen that the “youth project”, such as it is set up excessively by Claude Puel, risks bringing ASSE into the wall. We were also able to appreciate what the Greens lost by letting slip a locker room manager like Mathieu Debuchy. I do not see in a buyout project the financial wing to afford international stars ahead. Wahbi Khazri is still 13 goals in the 2021 calendar year and the assurance of having a player experienced in international games (63 caps with Tunisia). So yes, players of this type, it has a cost but ideally, it would take at least one per line. You might as well keep the only one that exists today at ASSE …

Alexandre CORBOZ

I do not think so

“Khazri puts everyone in agreement this season. In a drifting team, he is one of the few to keep the ship afloat as best he can, not to sink, to play at his level. Without his 7 goals, one can wonder where ASSE would be today, and the Tunisian had already been decisive in the race to maintain last spring. No more criticism, taunts about his extra pounds, the No. 10 Greens is back to the top, to the level that was his during his first season in the Forez. But from there to considering an extension, I don’t think so. We unfortunately know that the club has no more money. And that Khazri is the current largest salary of the workforce, with nearly € 300,000 per month, soon to be 31 years old.

We agree, and the season is proving it, that high-performance executives are needed to supervise young shoots. And Khazri is performing well. But unless he agrees to lower his salary considerably, I can’t imagine him staying at “Sainté” beyond the season. An extension today, when a new era should begin with the change of management, does not seem possible to me. And not necessarily timely, at this level of remuneration in any case, despite the player’s performance over the past six months. “

Laurent HESS

The debate of the week

This week’s “Goal! Saint-Etienne” debate is about Wahbi Khazri. Should the Greens consider extending the Tunisian? All the more so if a new shareholder arrives and brings more resources to Forez.

Alexandre corboz