While the record of the sale of the ASSE is at a standstill, the current market value of the Saint-Etienne club is revealed. And she’s down.
ASSE very active during the winter transfer window
The file of the sale of ASSE is on hold after being very lively at the end of 2021. The management of the Loire club is currently concerned about the sporting results of its team threatened with relegation to Ligue 2. Bernard Caiazzo and Roland Romeyer have released the financial means, according to Jean-François Soucasse (executive president), in order to ensure the maintenance of AS Saint-Étienne in the elite. This allowed Pascal Dupraz’s team to strengthen by recruiting four players this winter.
Waiting for a top striker, Jean-Philippe Mateta most likely, the Greens signed Joris Gnagnon (centre-back), Bakary Sako (left winger), Paul Bernardoni (goalkeeper) and Sada Thioub (right winger) for six months each. Note that Sainté is currently 20th in Ligue 1 with only 12 points, after 20 league matches.
ASSE sale: The value of AS Saint-Étienne has fallen from 100 to 15 M€
In an interview with the site Sports Club, Bernard Lions, journalist for The Team returned to the case of the sale of ASSE. He makes a revelation about the current market value of the club. “The club is not worth much today. €15 million maximum, compared to €100 million like three years ago,” he said. The colleague then underlined the interest for the two leaders to avoid the descent into hell at AS Saint-Étienne, because according to him: “a relegation would be terrible, especially financially, since the income from TV rights would be lost”.
As a reminder, several candidates for the takeover of ASSE have come forward since the club was put up for sale on April 14, 2021. There was the candidacy of the Cambodian prince, Morodom Ravichak, that of Olivier Markarian (Markal), of duo Mathieu Bodmer and Jean-Michel Roussier, Serge Bueno (Smart Good Things) and also the Russian billionaire Sergeï Lomakin (Total Sports Investments). The latest project was even announced in pole position, before the emergence of interest from the American fund 777 Partners.