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Anthony Mounier had experienced a rare situation. In 2017, the Lyon player gave up his loan to ASSE after receiving an impressive number of threats. Now retired from the field, the former winger spoke about his aborted transfer to Saint-Etienne and the reasons which pushed him to join the Greens.
Rare situation in French football. In January 2017, Anthony Mounier had been forced to give up his loan to ASSE due to the anger of certain Saint-Etienne supporters, who criticized him for his Lyon past, but also for certain insulting words. However, a few days earlier, Mounier posed, all smiles, with his new green jersey in the company of Dominique Rocheteau.
Mounier says everything about ASSE
Retired from the field for a little over a month, after a final freelance Athens, Mounier spoke at length about this Saint-Etienne episode. Originally, the winger did not want to leave Bologna, but his lack of playing time pushed him to change direction and therefore began discussions with theASSEthen driven by Christophe Galtier.
“I couldn’t do anything”
« After Bologna, I went on loan to Saint-Etienne, where I however had problems with the supporters. I didn't want to leave Bologna, but when you're not playing you have to find a way to do it. The Saint-Etienne coach was an assistant coach when I was at Lyon and he called me to come there. It was a great team, with an incredible crowd, there was the Europa League. The objective was to play six months, then the summer transfer window would open. In the end, I couldn't sign and I couldn't do anything. I had to find another team, because in France there was nothing interesting, and I found the Atalanta project » confided Mounier during an interview given to Bologna football.
