Former co-owner of AS Saint-Etienne, Bernard Caïazzo has completely cut ties with the Greens and is now having fun in a new country.
Seven months ago, AS Saint-Etienne changed hands and joined the Canadian group Kilmer Sports. A new era for the Forez club, which before that belonged mainly to two men: Roland Romeyer and Bernardo Caïzzo. If the first city was always very close to the club and in control, the second had long since deserted the cauldron spans. Installed in Asia during Covid, then in the Arabian Gulf, the 70-year-old businessman has now moved to Brazil, where he bought a house for half a million euros. On the Fortaleza side, he works with local clubs, displaying an intact passion for football. Caïazzo now lives full-time in the state of Ceara, and closely follows the performances of several clubs in the surrounding area.
He's having fun in Brazil
Since the sale, he has completely cut ties with the Greens even though he closely follows the performance of his former team. In the columns of L'Equipe, he confides in his new life, and admits to being delighted to have cut with ASSE, which caused him so much emotion and stress. Now last him. “ Age weakens you emotionally, the descent into Ligue 2 of AS Saint-Étienne (in 2022) was a terrible punishment », Explained the man who is still president of the Coeur Vert civic association. “ I attend two or three matches a week (in Fortaleza). It's crazy to see that everyone, women and children alike, wear their club's jersey in a stadium. I am the happiest in the world, because I now experience the pleasure of football without stress », Delivered the one who no longer recognizes himself in modern football, and therefore fully enjoys the sale of ASSE and the fact of being able to follow the matches in his new adopted country without stress.
