AS Saint-Etienne : A target of AS Saint-Étienne abroad | ASSE News

Target of ASSE since summer, Zinedine Ferhat is not interested in a freelance with the Greens this winter. A track opens for him abroad.

ASSE Mercato: Zinedine Ferhat, priority target of Trabzonspor

Zinedine Ferhat (28 years old) will not come to ASSE this winter, unless there is a last minute change. He has already rebuffed interest from the relegation-threatened club in Ligue 2. Pascal Dupraz wanted him for six months, while the attacking midfielder of Nîmes Olympique is looking for a club with which he will stick for a long time. At the end of the contract in June 2022, the player targeted by AS Saint-Étienne could go abroad. A team from Turkey wants to sign him this month. According to the revelations of Foot Mercato, citing a source close to Trabzonspor, the Turkish club have made Zinedine Ferhat their priority this winter.

According to the source, the negotiations could quickly be carried out. “Having significant financial resources for next summer, discussions could be initiated between the parties in the coming days”, learned the media. The plan of the club based in Trabzon is to double its competitors, including ASSE, on the file of the Algerian international (13 selections). Foot Mercato emphasizes that “Abdullah Avcı (Trabzonspor coach) particularly appreciates the mentality of Zinedine Ferhat, and he is convinced that his profile is perfectly suited to the philosophy of his team”.

The attacking midfielder in difficulty in Nîmes

The No. 10 Crocos is a long-time target of ASSE. The Stéphanois had tried to recruit him after the descent of Nîmes in Ligue 2, but in vain. The player who passed through Le Havre AC (2016-2019) is no longer part of the plans of the Nîmes coach Patrice Garande, because it is at the end of the lease and about to leave. This season, he has made 7 appearances in Ligue 1 and started only 4 times, for 389 minutes of cumulative play.