Questioned in an interview published this Friday in “Le Progrès”, Claude Puel, former general manager of the Greens, replied to Roland Romeyer, chairman of the management board of AS Saint-Etienne, by a press release sent to “L’Equipe “. The speech of Roland Romeyer, chairman of the management board of AS Saint-Etienne, in the columns of theProgress this Friday, was hardly to the taste of Claude Puel, disembarked from his post of general manager of ASSE at the end of the rout in front of Rennes (0-5, December 5). Especially when its former president accuses him of not wanting to strengthen the workforce last summer, then “That we had the means to recruit, asserts Romeyer. Some players wanted to stay (Debuchy, Monnet-Paquet), others were available. It was a choice of the general manager. He thought that with the manpower he had available, it was going to do it. What we did not spend last summer, we will spend now. The money was budgeted ”. Claude Puel “I have no intention of disturbing staff, players in their company” Claude Puel therefore wishes to respond to Romeyer, in a press release sent to The team : “When a coach leaves a club, it is tempting to make him bear all the responsibilities of a situation (the Greens are last in Ligue 1, with 12 points, after the first leg). Out of respect for what ASSE represents and the end-of-season objective (maintenance), I have no intention of disturbing staff, players in their company. This is why I will not argue about the inaccuracies and contradictions held in Le Progrès by the management of the club concerning me. I remain attached to ASSE, to its future and to all the people I appreciate within it, – employees, staff, players – and to whom I wish the best. “ read also Transfers: Paul Bernardoni and Sada Thioub (Angers) signed at AS Saint-Etienne