New recruit for the Greens. A few hours before the derby, ASSE confirmed the signing until the end of the season of French central defender Joris Gnagnon (25), who had been training for several weeks with the Greens in order to regain a physical condition worthy of the name. .
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The player trained at Stade Rennais and released from his contract in Seville last September is ASSE’s fifth winter recruit after Bakary Sako, Paul Bernardoni, Sada Thioub and Eliaquim Mangala.
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“I am very happy to join AS Saint-รtienne. After a delicate period on a personal level, two challenges present themselves to me: to find my level on the ground to restore the confidence that the leaders gave me and to help the ‘ASSE to stay in the first division. I will do everything to “, said the native of Bondy.
Pascal Dupraz, who will not be able to field Gnagnon tonight against OL, also welcomed this signing: “Joris meets the recruitment criteria that we had defined. He knows Ligue 1 well and is evolving in a sector that we were looking to strengthen. We want him to prepare as well as possible to be available as quickly as possible, in order to help in our quest for maintenance.”