Released for misconduct on January 4 by AS Saint-Étienne, French goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier intends to hold his former team to account at the Labor Court, in particular following an attempt at conciliation initiated by the club , in vain. And according to information from The team, the case of the former international tricolor (3 selections) was recently filed by his lawyer but should not be processed before the beginning of the year 2022.
The sports daily adds that after the dismissal by the Forézienne management six months before the end of his contract, Ruffier would claim nearly 5 million euros, which is far from the expectations of ASSE, which had planned 2 million. €. This last amount represented the remainder of the salary that the 35-year-old goalkeeper should have received, now retired and responsible for the young goalkeepers of Aviron Bayonnais since this summer, during the second part of the season.