Posted on December 6, 2021 at 12:45 am by AM
Laid off Sunday evening after the rout against Stade Rennais (0-5), Claude Puel could have been dismissed from his duties much earlier.
The debacle at home against Stade Rennais (0-5) will have been one too many. Indeed, a few hours after the meeting, the ASSE formalized the dismissal of Claude Puel . “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”, explained the club through a statement. Internally, this departure is far from a surprise
Puel's dismissal letter had been ready for 1 month!
And for good reason, according to information from L'Equipe, the departure of Claude Puel has been prepared for a long time. The letter of dismissal would have been written already a month ago, but the leaders of ASSE were obviously waiting for the right moment to deliver it to Castres. What finally happened on Sunday. Until then, Claude Puel had managed to save his head thanks to a burst of pride from his players, but also thanks to his salary, estimated at € 225,000 gross monthly. In the grip of big economic problems, ASSE could not afford to pay the severance pay of its manager. Finally, the Greens saved time and saved a few hundred thousand euros on allowances for Claude Puel .