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Still waiting for a scorer to get out of 20th place in Ligue 1, the ASSE would have unearthed an attacker at Rapid Vienna in Austria.

ASSE unearthed Ercan Kara at Rapid Vienna

While the file Jean-Philippe Mateta drag and that the track Serhou Guirassy is showered by Bruno Genesio, ASSE continues its exploration everywhere. A new track would have led the recruiters of the Greens in Austria. According to information from Holy Inside, AS Saint-Étienne spotted Ercan Kara, a decisive centre-forward at Rapid Vienna, an Austrian elite club. At the end of the contract in June 2022, the Austrian international (7 caps) can sign up with the club of his choice during this January transfer window. ASSE would therefore work hard to obtain its signature this winter, according to the source.

Kara, a confirmed goalscorer like Beric

Ercan Kara (26) is a confirmed goalscorer. This season, he took part in 32 matches in all competitions and scored 14 goals for 4 assists delivered. In the league, his statistics are 9 goals and 3 assists in 17 appearances. Arrived at Rapid in January 2020, the player of Turkish origin totals 37 goals and 16 goal assists in 84 games played in the jersey of the Austrian Greens.

Note that ASSE has good relations with the Austrian club. It is at Rapid Vienna that the Loire club had recruited Robert Beric (30 years old), at the end of August 2015. And the latter had been a good pick from Saint-Etienne, because he positively marked his time at AS Saint-Étienne before his transfer to Ficago Fire in MLS in January 2020. international Sovène (25 caps) scored 34 goals and delivered 5 assists in 104 games played with the Sainté team in five seasons marked by a brief loan to RSC Anderlecht between August 2017 and January 2018.