After many weeks of research, the ASSE will register a huge signature at the beginning of the week, enough to strengthen the workforce of Pascal Dupraz.
ASSE Mercato: A great defender arrives in Sainté
Priority sector of the winter transfer window ofAS Saint Etienne, the Saint-Etienne defense will experience a huge arrival this week. After recruiting Joris Gnagnon, without a club since leaving Sevilla FC, the Greens repeated the operation “free player” for his rear guard, enlisting a former tricolor international.
While the site 90soccer recently revealed ASSE’s pronounced interest in Eliaquim Mangala, the file would have known an unexpected advance in recent hours, completing the arrival of the defender in Forez. According to The Team, the former Manchester City player is expected in beginning of the week (probably tomorrow) to pass his medical examination in Saint-Etienne and initial his new contract.
According to the reference media, Mangala would have accepted a freelance of 6 months, i.e. until the end of the season, to help the club maintain itself. The 30-year-old player enters the salary grids established by the leaders of the Loire, namely a ceiling of €100,000 per month. An arrival confirmed by the initial source itself, 90soccer, who in an exclusive interview devoted to the media Holy Inside, describes the physical condition of the future ASSE player.
Mangala arrives “sharp” in Forez
Currently in Miami, the former Valencia defender should fly quickly to reach France, a championship where he will paradoxically never set foot. Trained in Belgium, Eliaquim Mangala will therefore know his first Ligue 1 club, at 30, after 6 months of absence. Without a club since leaving Valencia this summer, the player raised fears of physical decline due to lack of competition. Nevertheless, 90soccer wants to be reassuring towards him. “He’s super sharp, but he’s bound to lack rhythm“, confides the media to Sainté Inside.
The idea of Pascal Dupraz is to start it on Friday for the clash against theOlympique Lyonnais. A short deadline which should accelerate the preparation of the French defender.