Posted on December 15, 2021 at 5.30 p.m. by Arthur Montagne
Hardly arrived on the bench of ASSE, Pascal Dupraz is aware that the maintenance will probably require the arrival of some reinforcements this winter. And this is good since Jean-François Soucasse and Loïc Perrin are also aware of this need.
In great financial difficulty, the AS Saint-Etienne could not be strengthen last summer. Only Ignacio Ramirez landed in the last seconds of the transfer window in the form of a loan from Uruguay. But Claude Puel did not seem to be counting on him. Result, the ASSE had a very sluggish start to the season since the club is in last place in Ligue 1 with 12 points on the clock and only two small victories. Consequently, the threat of relegation hangs over ASSE which is already three points behind by FC Metz which occupies the place of play-off. Faced with this situation, Claude Puel was dismissed from his functions and it is Pascal Dupraz who replaced it, as revealed exclusively by le10sport.com. But that will probably not be enough to allow the Greens to hold on. It will probably be necessary to strengthen itself during the winter transfer window and achieve a much more successful recruitment than last summer. Especially since the CAN , which takes place from January 9 to February 6, should concern seven Stéphanois namely Denis Bouanga (Gabon), Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia), Saïdou Sow (Guinea), Harold Moukoudi and Yvan Neyou (Cameroon), or even Madhi Camara , courted by The Gambia and Zaydou Youssouf , by the Comoros.
This winter, things will change at ASSE
Aware of the situation, Pascal Dupraz therefore make no secret that he would see reinforcements landing in January. “I have the weakness to think that I have recipes to advance this team. If we improve this group, I won't say no. There is the CAN, a young group, you have to measure what a club represents. At 18 or 20, that can impress, ”explained the new ASSE coach during his presentation on Wednesday. Free, Joris Gnagnon should engage with the Greens while according to Foot Mercato, Hilton could come out of retirement in order to bring a little experience to this workforce. An offensive reinforcement will also be targeted considering that it is Wahbi Khazri which occupies for the moment the point of the attack. This is good since Jean-François Soucasse expresses his desire to be active. “There was a meeting last night. ASSE will have to be more active and ambitious than expected in view of the last matches. The means will be increased, the shareholders have aligned themselves to take up this challenge. There will be opportunities to be seized. We have targeted positions and identified objectives ”, assures the executive president of ASSE to the media, before Loïc Perrin , newly appointed sports coordinator of the Greens, does not gives the strategy to adopt on the market: “We will try to look for players in difficulty in larger clubs and who are looking for playing time. It's brand new and we wanted Pascal's opinion. It is up to us to study them so as not to be mistaken. “Therefore, Pascal Dupraz can be reassured, the Greens do indeed want to strengthen this winter.