Since the Mateta file is still blocked, the ASSE would have set his sights on an attacker from RC Lens, also polled in the Premier League.
ASSE Mercato: Sainté surveyed Ignatius Ganago
Everything is acceleratingAS Saint Etienne. As the club prepares to welcome Eliaquim Mangala in its ranks in central defense for a six-month contract, the Greens continue their research in attack, a priority sector of the winter transfer window. If the Saint-Etienne leaders still cannot convince Crystal Palace to let go Jean-Philippe Mateta (where he is on loan from Mainz), the latter have recently multiplied their options on the transfer market.
In addition to Julien Ngoye (KAS Eupen, 24 years old), Serhou Guirassy (Stade Rennais, 25 years old) or even more recently Vedat Muriqi (Lazio Rome, 27 years old) and Ercan Kara (Rapid Vienna, 26 years old), ASSE has is also closer to RC Lens, his recent executioner in the league. According to Sébastien Denis, Saint-Etienne would have looked into the situation of the Cameroonian striker Ignatius Ganago.
The Greens would greatly appreciate the profile of the 22-year-old, whose contract expires in 2024 at RCL. Also tracked by Newcastle in England but also FC Lorient in Ligue 1, Ganago was asked by the Loire board for an arrival on loan this winter.
If the RC Lens does not object to the departure of its striker, the northern club would not, however, be not leaving to let him slip away during the season, which is moreover on loan with a competitor. Currently at CAN, where he has already played 21 minutes with the Indomitable Lions (4-1 victory against Ethiopia), Ganago would not think to a departure from the Sang et Or. On the contrary, the player would feel fulfilled in the artesian club, where he continues to progress.
A new door which therefore closes for Pascal Dupraz and his staff, who have been stirring up the transfer market for several weeks, in order to enlist a high-level striker to help the club maintain itself. At the same time, ASSE has learned that several of its forces involved, including Ryad Boudebouz, have tested positive for Covid-19.