Back in the elite of French football since the start of the season after two years of purgatory in Ligue 2, ASSE hopes to once again establish itself permanently in Ligue 1. For this, the club was bought for the northern group -American Kilmer Sports which installed Ivan Gazidis, formerly of Arsenal and AC Milan, at its head with a strong ambition: to take advantage of the very good training center of the team which recently released William Saliba, Wesley Fofana or even Lucas Gourna-Douath and Mahdi Camara.
A nugget of 16 years and two months
With this in mind, management has just signed the youngest player in its history as a professional, in the person of Djylian Nguessan, just 16 years and two months old. He is thus ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (16 years and 3 months) and Kurt Zouma (16 years and 6 months). Nguessan arrived in Forez in the U7 category and then completed all the stages one after the other, as the site recalls. People-Green. The latter affirms that the negotiations began several weeks ago because big names from the old continent were keeping a watchful eye on the evolution of its situation.
Loïc Perrin, the sporting director of the Greens, also welcomed this signing for the next three years: “The professional signing of a player like Djylian is a success for all the cogs at the club. At his age, he shows already has great abilities, even if he is only at the beginning of his career and he still has many steps to take. He embodies our project which relies on the Training Center to develop young people. talents. is worth already being followed by many French or foreign clubs, and the fact that he chooses to commit to AS Saint-Étienne shows that he wants to be part of our adventure.”
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To summarize
In Forez, we want to focus on youth and we don't hesitate to let people know! Indeed, ASSE signed the youngest professional player in its history, the young Djylian Nguessan, aged 16 years and two months.
