Forced to strengthen with limited resources, AS Saint-Etienne turned to players lacking rhythm. First example with the signing of winger Bakary Sako who had been training with the Greens for a few weeks. Enough to attract the mockery of journalist Hugo Guillemet.
AS Saint-Etienne had surely announced the color to Pascal Dupraz. Before his appointment, the new coach of the Greens could not ignore the financial situation of the Saint-Etienne club. The current Ligue 1 red lantern, who is four points behind play-off Metz, has very little leeway to strengthen his squad. That’s why management is turning to players who are free or available on loan.
Center-back Joris Gnagnon will soon join AS Saint-Etienne. While the former Stéphanois Bakary Sako has already officially signed until the end of the season. But this recruitment does not convince journalist Hugo Guillemet at all, surprised to see Pascal Dupraz targeting players who have not been in business for months. ” Since the arrival of Pascal Dupraz, we have the impression that with the tracks of AS Saint-Etienne, we are in 2011-2012, laughed the columnist on the set of the channel L’Equipe. We had Vitorino Hilton, we have Bakary Sako. “
” Then maybe it will work, but taking players who haven’t played for months, I don’t know if this is the right solution to save themselves, he warned. It would be better to make play young people who are in the rhythm. These players continued to train. But between training and playing a game … “A priori, these first recruits will need time to regain the necessary physical condition. We especially think of Joris Gnagnon, apparently arrived in Forez with a few extra pounds. If we add the absence of African internationals during the CAN, the Greens could have a complicated start to the year.