Red lantern of Ligue 1, Saint-tienne will have to do without many international parties to compete in the African Cup of Nations. At the same time, the winter transfer window may not be up to expectations.
Pascal Dupraz will have to tinker in January …
Saint-tienne went badly, very badly. Red lantern of Ligue 1, the Stphanois club will have to run at full speed during the second part of the season.
For that, it will probably be necessary to double the number of points obtained (12) during the first leg to dream of a maintenance that has already become hypothetical. To make matters worse for the leaders, this month of January could be terrible.
One eleven dcim
In addition to the injuries for several weeks of Etienne Green and Romain Hamouma, many players will miss the call due to the African Cup of Nations. With Nantes, ASSE is the second formation of the elite which will lose the most players after Metz (7), and not the least since Sadou Sow, Harold Moukoudi, Yvan Neyou, Denis Bouanga and Wahbi Khazri, all regular members of the starting eleven, have already joined their respective selections for the continental competition. Not to mention the possible cases of Covid-19 which have exploded in recent days and which could affect the training directed by Pascal Dupraz.
Ferhat should snub the Greens
The upcoming transfer window will also be complicated. In addition to the lack of funds, the leaders will have to face the reluctance of some players. Put in the closet next to Nmes, Zinedine Ferhat is one of the priority targets to fill the many absences in attack. Despite its difficult situation, Fennec, yet approached last summer, could snub the Greens for Montpellier with a view to a transfer at the end of his contract, in six months. Between joining the MHSC, which aims for a European qualification, or ASSE, which will play its survival in L1 until the 38th day, the former Le Havre has obviously made his choice. And he shouldn’t be the only one doing this calculation …
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