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According to journalist Romain Molina, ASSE is going into the wall. The sales file drags on and the tensions between the two leaders from Saint-Etienne do not help matters.
Nothing goes toASSE ! In recent years, the club had taken a turn by deciding to trust young players. A choice far from paying off since the formation has been lagging behind in the rankings since the start of this season. Weakened by this catastrophic start to the year, Claude Puel has since been replaced on the Stéphanois bench by Pascal Dupraz. The former coach of Caen and TFC hope to maintain theASSE in Ligue 1. And for good reason, a descent could cool investors, interested in buying the club. Chairman of the Board, Roland Romeyer hoped to separate from ASSE before the end of the calendar year, but for now, this file drags on. No concrete progress has been recorded in recent days since priority is given to the next winter transfer window according to information from Goal Soccer Club. But if the formation has still not been transferred it is also because of the disastrous management of theASSE. As the journalist confided Romain Molina, Bernard Caiazzo and Roland Romeyer are not interested in the team and would only like to recover the loot.
“There is a lack of interest by the club”
” I don’t even have words for this management. Caïazzo and Romeyer during interviews allow themselves to insult. You don’t have to show your animosity on dates. It is impossible to work at all levels. Bernard Caïazzo moved to Dubai to have a good time when he had to go looking for investors. There is a lack of interest by the club. The players are aware that the owners have nothing to do with it and want to take the loot. We will have to part with the big salaries. Saint-Etienne passes the DNCG because they present assets. They also promised sales. The policy is sales to compensate for the deficit but not to reinvest. When Puel arrives, he was made to understand that he had to get the big salaries elsewhere. It was done too abruptly. Players also did not believe in his speech. (…) We heard everything for the takeover. We put smoke in the eyes of the supporters. We find the war between the presidents also in the media. The argument for buying Saint-Etienne is transfers to make profits. (…) Owners change player prices. It is difficult to sell the club under these conditions. They are also dependent on sports results. This is reflected in the selling prices. The value of the club goes down. There is a demobilization and the fans who are cuckolds of the affair. Everyone wants to leave the club before it sinks.” told Roman Molina in a video posted on Youtube.
“The club is in structural deficit”
Roman Molina, also indicated that the leaders of theASSE did not hesitate to exaggerate the line, to try to attract investors in Forez. ” The whole brochure is made to attract investors and today the argument that is used is transfers. Almost all the brochure and the speech are based on transfers: “Come because you will make profits, because you will make transfers”. What is not specified is that the club is in structural deficit, looking before COVID we realize that ASSE excluding transfers loses 14 million euros. To stay afloat, the club needs transfers. I can’t resist showing you this in the brochure, even if it’s still marketing, it shows how much in the world of football you can take people for idiots and investors for suckers. We learn that ASSE has 8 million fans in the country! So I don’t mind it being a popular and historic club, among the most loved in France but 8 million all the same… It is indicated that these figures are taken from an IPSOS study of 2019. We went to consult it but the figures are not 8 million at all, obviously it was 1.8 million supporters, not 8. For the stadium, it is marked that it was renovated for 80 million whereas no it is 58 million concluded the journalist, who seems to present a club in distress.