AS Saint-Etienne : Huge departures soon completed in Saint-Etienne | ASSE News

Wishing to revolutionize its workforce, the ASSE is ambitious during this winter transfer window and is in the process of separating from threeplayers.

ASSE Mercato: Three departures soon completed

Everything is acceleratingAS Saint Etienne. After its disastrous start to the season, the Greens have decided to take advantage of the transfer window this winter to strengthen themselves considerably, a sine qua non condition to hope to maintain themselves at the end of the season. Just defeated on the wire against RC Lens this weekend, ASSE still showed a burst of pride at the end of a match where defensive shortcomings were again felt.

Not long ago, Pascal Dupraz spoke of his desire to slim down, indicating that some players did not have the level for Ligue 1. ” A few players have to go and rub shoulders with the amateur world. There are too many players. The staff is too large. They would benefit from going to exercise their talent elsewhere “, had declared the coach in a press conference. thing promised thing due, according to The Team, Saint-Etienne would be on the way to finalizing three departures.

According to the sports newspaper, ASSE will downsize offensively by separating from Jean-Philippe Krasso, Maxense Rivera and the summer recruit Ignacio Ramírez. The first city should leave Forez to join Corsica and the AC Ajaccio club in Ligue 1, in the form of a loan, for the second, bis repetita but on the side of AS Nancy Lorraine, which supervises it since a while.

Finally, with regard to the Uruguayan, who arrived on loan this summer from Montevideo Liverpool, his departure is no longer a shadow of a doubt. The 24-year-old striker is expected in his country at National to end his season. A real flop under the Puel era, Ramirez does not seem to benefit from more credit with Pascal Dupraz.

Eliaquim Mangala expected this week

In parallel with these departures, AS Saint-Etienne should formalize this week the arrival in defense of the former tricolor international, Eliaquim Mangala. Currently in Miami, the 30-year-old central defender is hoped for the match against Olympique Lyonnais on Friday. If his state of form remains unknown, he who has not replayed since last season, Pascal Dupraz and the leaders of Saint-Etienne remain confident and intend to benefit from the services of the former citizen to maintain themselves at the end of the season.