Posted on December 7, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. by Dan Marciano While he did not hide his optimism internally, Pascal Dupraz would start to doubt. The technician is not sure of joining ASSE due in particular to the club's interest in Frédéric Hantz. Arrived in 2019 in Saint-Etienne, Claude Puel does will not lead his team against Stade de Reims next Saturday. While his future hung by a thread for several weeks because of the catastrophic results of his club, the technician was laid off by the Greens after the disastrous match made against Rennes in the league last Sunday (0-5 loss). “This Sunday, the Executive Chairman of AS Saint-Étienne took the decision to withdraw from Mr. Claude Puel, until further notice, the management of the professional team” published the ASSE . Officials should meet in the next few hours Claude Puel to record his dismissal. A break that could cost the club close to € 3M since the 60-year-old was paid around € 225,000 a month and his contract was supposed to end next June. It is therefore his former assistant, Julien Sablé , who led the practice this Tuesday morning, but a technician is expected in the Forez. “I hope that Claude Puel's replacement can come at the end of the week for the trip to Reims. All three (Editor's note: Loïc Perrin, Samuel Rustem and Jean-François Soucasse), they are responsible for choosing the coach ”declared the Chairman of the Management Board, Roland Romeyer, at the microphone of France Bleu Saint-Etienne. However, L’Equipe say the timing may be tight, as the club would like to resolve Puel 's contractual situation before approving the arrival of their replacement. Immediately after the meeting against Rennes, the decision makers of ASSE began to get to work and contact several technicians, free of any contract. As announced by 10Sport. com exclusively, the ASSE has notably contacted Pascal Dupraz , former coach of Toulouse and Caen . Discussions have intensified in recent hours and his arrival was considered almost complete. But this Tuesday, L’Equipe said the technician would display his pessimism in private, especially after learning of ASSE 's interest in Frédéric Hantz . Free since his departure from Al-Khor in December 2020, the coach would be ready “to come immediately” to Saint-Etienne to ensure the succession of Claude Puel . The new coach will have to agree to come to Forez without an assistant, for financial reasons. Other names have been mentioned by the media such as David Guion, Adrian Ursea or even Jean-Louis Gasset. These profiles are said to be on Roland's shortlist Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo, who must also manage the file related to the sale of the training. At ASSE , major changes are expected at the end of 2021, in order to straighten out a monument of French football, the red lantern of the championship this Tuesday. 
Hantz track mentioned, Dupraz concerned
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