Posted on December 26, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. by Dan Marciano
According to journalist Romain Molina, ASSE is going against the wall. The sales file is dragging on and the tensions between the two Saint-Etienne leaders are not helping.
Nothing is going to ASSE ! In recent years, the club had taken a turn in deciding to trust young players. A choice far from paying since the formation has lagged behind the standings since the start of this season. Weakened by this catastrophic start to the year, Claude Puel has since been replaced on the Stéphanois bench by Pascal Dupraz. The former coach of Caen and TFC hopes to maintain ASSE in Ligue 1. And for good reason, a descent could cool investors, interested in redeeming the club. Chairman of the Management Board, Roland Romeyer had hoped to part ways with ASSE before the end of the calendar year, but this file is dragging on for now. No concrete progress has been made in recent days as priority is given to the next winter transfer window according to information from But Football Club. But if the formation has still not been sold, it is also because of the disastrous management of the ASSE . As the journalist Romain Molina confided, Bernard Caïazzo and Roland Romeyer are not interested in the team and would only like to recover the loot.
“There is a lack of interest by the club”
“I don't even have words on this management. Caiazzo and Romeyer in interviews allow themselves to insult each other. You don't have to show your animosity during dates. It’s impossible to work at all levels. Bernard Caïazzo moved to Dubai to have a good time when he had to go find investors. There is a disinterest by the club. The players know the owners don't give a damn and want to take the nest egg. We will have to part with the big salaries. Saint-Etienne passes the DNCG because they present assets. They also promised sales. Politics are sales to make up the deficit, but not to reinvest. When Puel arrived, he was made to understand that the big salaries had to be put elsewhere. It was done too abruptly. Players also did not believe in his speech. (…) We have heard everything for the redemption. We have put smoke in the eyes of the supporters. We also find the war between presidents in the media. The argument for buying Saint-Etienne is transfers for profit. (…) The owners change the prices of the players. It’s difficult to sell the club under these conditions. They are also dependent on sports results. This is reflected in the sale prices. The value of the club goes down. There is a demobilization and the fans who are cuckolding about it. Everyone wants to leave the club before it sinks, “said Romain Molina in a video posted on Youtube.
“The club is in structural deficit”
Romain Molina , has, moreover, indicated that the leaders of the 'ASSE did not hesitate to enlarge the line, to try to attract investors in Forez. “The whole brochure is made to attract investors and today the argument that is used is transfers. Most of the brochure and the talk is based on transfers: “Come because you are going to make a profit, because you are going to make transfers”. What is not specified is that the club is in a structural deficit, looking before COVID we realize that ASSE excluding transfers loses 14 million euros. To stay afloat, the club needs transfers. I can't resist showing you this in the brochure, even if it's still marketing, it shows how in the world of football you can take people for idiots and investors for pigeons. We learn that ASSE has 8 million fans in the country! So I do not mind that it is a popular and historic club, among the most loved in France but 8 million anyway … It is indicated that these figures are taken from an IPSOS study of 2019. We went to consult it but the figures are not at all 8 million, obviously it was 1.8 million supporters, not 8. For the stadium, it is marked that it has been renovated for 80 million while no it is 58 million ” concluded the journalist, who seems to present a club in distress.