Arriving as the most expensive recruit in the history of ASSE, Lucas Stassin is in the spotlight at the start of the season. The young Belgian striker from the Greens spoke in the columns of So Foot. Excerpts.
Lucas Stassin (ASSE): “I was planning to leave this summer. Now, I had a big start to the season with Westerlo (2 goals and 3 assists in 5 games) and if the club didn't get there, I would have stayed. Either way, I knew my decision was going to be a good one. Afterwards, when the possibility of playing in Ligue 1, at the age of 19, presented itself…
And why Sainté? Quite simply because I felt that the managers really knew me. From the very first call, I was impressed. Sometimes, we can talk to you about your stats, or two or three things, without it going very far. There, they talked to me concretely about what they wanted to do with me. We discussed my points of improvement, the club's project, tactics, my ability to be very effective in relation to my expected goals (9 goals for 6.7xG). We went into detail, the concrete. »
Stassin discovers another world
Lucas Stassin (ASSE): “I'm in another sphere. I was immediately struck by the intensity, the quality of the players. I was with the Belgian Espoirs in October and we discussed it among ourselves. We said to ourselves that it You really have to go to one of the clubs of the five biggest European championships to understand what real football is, the very high level. “
Score, but not only
Lucas Stassin (ASSE): “Everything you do has to be faster, a lot faster. Yes, the numbers are important. The stats are what speaks straight away, but today, an attacker must know a lot more things. It goes beyond that. Well, now the best feeling will always be seeing a net shake.”
