Two recruits before Bastia?
Well helped by large cash inflows, ASSE can be ambitious on the transfer window. The Forez club, which is currently stagnating in last place in Ligue 2 following a disastrous start to the season, hopes to hit hard in the last days of the transfer window to try to reverse the trend. Thus, two recruits could land quickly.
Saint-Etienne can afford to believe it. Despite a chaotic start to the season seeing the men of Laurent Battles occupy the position of red lantern of Ligue 2, the Greens however know a completely different balance sheet on the financial level. The numerous departures as well as the savings made on the salaries of the players who left have largely bailed out the Saint-Etienne coffers, thus allowing the club to aim for recruitment commensurate with their ambition: back to Ligue 1 at the end of the season. In addition, the Greens can also count on some surprise but not insignificant contributions, such as the sale of Wesley Fofana, who will join Chelsea from Leicester, while guaranteeing a nice jackpot for the Forez club. A jackpot that the club intends to reinvest.
Monconduit and Pétrot before Tuesday?
Seeking reinforcements in their reassembled mission, the Forez club notably targeted two players from FC Lorient, defensive midfielder Thomas Monconduit and Les Merlus central defender Léo Pétrot. The two players agree to come and the transfers should be formalized today or tomorrow, according to information from West France. Regarding the price of the two players, the sum of €500,000 is mentioned for each transfer. Saint-Etienne would keep closing these two files before the meeting against Bastia next Tuesday. Two nice reinforcements that might not be the only ones.
Indeed, ASSE, which is still looking for a striker after the failure of Touzghar, has targeted Stade Brestois striker Irvin Cardona. However, the Brest coach, Michel Der Zakarian, recently wanted to make things clear at a press conference: no departure is expected. Not enough to demoralize the Stéphanois who, for their part, would also have activated the track leading to Adrian Grbic. The 26-year-old striker playing for FC Lorient is no longer part of his coach’s plans and would be open to a departure for Forez. You will have understood it, the transfer window is far from over on the ASSE side, and the latter could have a real Lorient flavor!