Posted on December 13, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. by GdSS updated on December 13, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.
As he prepares to be named as the new ASSE coach, Pascal Dupraz will soon have to deal with a winter transfer window that promises to be decisive for the rest of the season. But the future coach of the Greens will have limited resources and several priority positions to target …
Current red lantern of Ligue 1 and more than ever in danger for its maintenance, the ASSE is currently experiencing major upheavals internally. As le10sport.com revealed to you exclusively on December 5, it was Pascal Dupraz who approached Forez to succeed Claude Puel who recently been laid off by the Greens leadership. And in addition to this major change, the ASSE will have to manage a winter transfer window which promises to be very agitated since many of its executives will leave for CAN in January, and it will therefore be necessary to bail out the workforce…
Dupraz will have 3 priorities and a limited budget
But how the ASSE will she be able to strengthen in January with its relatively limited financial means' L'Equipe revealed in its columns of the day that the Greens would have everything and for everything from a payroll budget of up to 200,000 € for his winter recruitment, and Pascal Dupraz will therefore have to opt for arrivals on loan to strengthen, or bet on free elements as with Joris Gnagnon who has already registered his signature at ASSE for this winter. In addition, priority needs are already targeted by the Greens since the sports daily adds that an experienced goalkeeper, a defensive midfielder and a central defender in addition to Gnagnon will have to be recruited by the < strong> ASSE to have a competitive workforce while Bouanga , Khazri, Moukoudi , Neyou and Sow will play in the Africa Cup of Nations.
“The evil is deep”
Pending the appointment of Pascal Dupraz who should to be carried out in the middle of the week, it is Julien Sablé who provides the interim on the bench of the ASSE, and the coach drew up a damning report on the situation of the club after the defeat conceded to Reims on Saturday evening: “Saint-Etienne is in great difficulty, in danger (…) It is not a change of coach, a change of system, or a week of training that will change things. The evil is deeper, we are recovering. We will have to face up and find serenity. We have quality, there are lacks, but we are better than where we are (20th). We must find solidity, the foundations are defense. We need to increase our quality of play, ”said Sablé . Pascal Dupraz is therefore warned…