Posted December 16, 2021 at 9:10 p.m. by DM updated December 16, 2021 at 9:13 p.m.
Arrived in Saint-Etienne to take over from Claude Puel, Pascal Dupraz would have activated the track leading to Hatem Ben Arfa
The red lantern of the championship, the ASSE will have to raise their heads to avoid sinking. To save the club, the leaders decided to call on Pascal Dupraz, who will live a difficult month of January, marked by the departure of many players to the African Cup of Nations. Presented at the press this Wednesday, the new coach of the Saint-Etienne club did not hide his desire to see reinforcements land at ASSE this winter: “I have the weakness to think that I have recipes to help this team progress. 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 “, confided Dupraz .
Ben Arfa in the sights of ASSE?
In the red at financial level, ASSE will have to look for opportunities on the market and favor lower cost operations. The club could focus on loans or get their hands on free players like Joris Gnagnon , who should be the Greens' first winter signing. And according to the information of journalist Manu Lonjon , disclosed during his live on his Twitch channel, the ASSE would have activated the track leading to Hatem Ben Arfa . The 34-year-old striker has been free since leaving the Girondins de Bordeaux last July.