The transfer window is struggling to take off on the side of Saint-Etienne, which must however strengthen in certain key positions this summer.
The leaders of Saint-Etienne are in particular obliged to recruit at least one central defender in order to compensate for the return of loan of the colossus Pape Cissé to Olympiakos. Several avenues are being dug by the ASSE recruitment unit, which does not have large means and therefore must be clever. According to the information relayed by But, a track abroad is starting to thicken in the offices of AS Saint-Etienne. It is likely to provoke a certain enthusiasm among Foréziens supporters since Claude Puel would consider loaning Tanguy Kouassi, lacking playing time at Bayern Munich, where he signed from Paris Saint-Germain a year ago.
Deprived of playing time at Bayern Munich, where competition is fierce with players of the caliber of Lucas Hernandez or Niklas Süle, the former PSG defender could be in favor of a one-season loan without an option to buy. In this role, the Greens also had an eye on Andreaw Gravillon, who was loaned to FC Lorient last season from Inter Milan. But this track may become more complicated for Saint-Etienne as Stade de Reims have taken the lead in securing the arrival of the French defender from Inter Milan, according to reports from Italian journalist Nicolo Schira. Montpellier was also interested in Gravillon in order to compensate for the departures of Vitorino Hilton (retirement) and Daniel Congré (Dijon). But the MHSC left this track aside, focusing on the files of Mamadou Sakho, free of any contract, and Timothée Pembélé, the versatile defender of PSG currently in full preparation for the Olympic Games with France.