Everything should settle down in the coming days in Saint-Etienne. Looking for a great striker, ASSE would have views on a former colossus of Ligue 1.
ASSE Mercato: It is confirmed for this former Bordeaux
The last days of January should be eventful on the side of AS Saint Etienne. If the Greens achieve a transfer window that is ambitious to say the least, with already five recruits this winter, the Loire club still wants to strengthen, particularly in attack, a priority sector for Pascal Dupraz. After tracks leading to former Saint-Etienne residents Robert Beric and Bafétimbi Gomis, both aborted, Loïc Perrin and Jean-François Soucasse have established new criteria for their future “great striker”.
According to The Team, ASSE would now focus its research on a French-speaking profile, who would already know the championship of France. This would have been established after the numerous failures in cases leading to foreign players, the track of which Fyodor Chalov. And precisely, in this short-list from Saint-Etienne, appears the name of a former pillar of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Enzo Crivelli. The latter currently belongs to Istanbul Başakşehir, but has been on loan since this summer to Antalyaspor in the Turkish league.
If yesterday Progress evoked a lack of interest from Sainté for the French striker, it seems that the club has changed its position. According to recent information from RMC Sports, AS Saint-Etienne would make Crivelli his transfer window priority by the end of January. His liabilities in Ligue 1 would be a significant asset for the Saint-Etienne board.
Another track in Italy for Sainté
In addition to the rough 26-year-old scorer, ASSE would have sights on Gregoire Defrel, a high-level striker playing at Sassuolo in Serie A. The French know a delicate period in Italy, where he is struggling to regain his efficiency of past seasons. According to Progress, the French would be open to a departure to the Loire, as part of a loan of 6 months. His arrival, like that of Crivelli, would be a great blow for the Stéphanois, who have been struggling since the start of the transfer window, to strengthen their attacking sector, which has been a priority since the arrival of Dupraz.