Still last in Ligue 1 after their defeat against Lens (1-2) last Saturday, AS Saint-Etienne could experience a lively end to the transfer window. It is in any case the wish of the trainer Pascal Dupraz who calls for movement in both directions.
For Pascal Dupraz, registered signatures are not enough. AS Saint-Etienne officially attracted Paul Bernardoni, Joris Gnagnon, Bakary Sako and Sada Thioub this winter. But the Saint-Etienne coach is waiting for other reinforcements in well-defined positions. ” I was clear: we want a central defender, a striker and a side “, enumerated the technician in an interview granted to Progress, before explaining himself.
” If we take a right side, it’s not because Yvann (Maçon) is not at the level, he underlined in the columns of the regional daily. This is to make the group even more homogeneous, to make it even more efficient. He is underperforming, he will have to perform and even overperform because we dawdled. The good news is that the Greens will soon recover players who are injured or who are currently playing in the Africa Cup of Nations, such as Tunisian Wahbi Khazri and Gabonese Denis Bouanga.
Dupraz also wants departures
” We will be able to present a more offensive team when we have found everyone and we can recruit, rejoiced Pascal Dupraz, who also calls for a cleanup in his workforce. The idea is to work with a smaller group that prepares for the upcoming match. Once the match is over, we make the observations and if we have to modulate the group according to performance, injuries, suspensions, then we will do it. But we need to train more tightly with 20 to 22 players. An additional mission entrusted to its leaders, who are preparing to formalize the arrival of central defender Eliaquim Mangala.