The first recruit in the winter transfer window of AS Saint-Etienne, Bakary Sako was presented to the media on Friday. Returning to the Greens nine years after his departure, the 33-year-old attacking midfielder has made a revelation.
The former Crystal Palace player, who signed until the end of the season, says he spoke to ex-teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Malian international tried to convince Gabonese striker Arsenal, who delighted the Greens between 2011 and 2013 (41 goals in 97 games), to join him in Forez.
“Only Loïc (Perrin) and Romain (Hamouma) remain from my visit to Sainté. I’m trying to attract Aubame, but it’s not easy to leave London. I am serious when I ask him, he has scored the club and scores 20 goals per season “, he said in remarks relayed by the daily Progress.
If he goes through a delicate pass, Gunners coach Mikel Arteta having removed him from the first team for disciplinary reasons, a return to Geoffroy-Guichard from the former Borussia Dortmund footballer is pure fantasy, since the ASSE will obviously not have the means to match the amount of the transfer and the consequent salary of Laval residents, under contract until June 2023.