Throughout the summer, ASSE tried to get their hands on a nugget of Swedish football, Sebastian Nanasi. Despite coach Dall'Olivier's denial, the Greens wanted to sign the midfielder finally recruited by Strasbourg. This winter, another similar file seems to be taking shape…
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In a press conference still in everyone's memory, the former ASSE coach, Olivier Dall'Oglio, publicly indicated that he was not on Sebastian Nanasi's trail: “We studied a lot of profiles, but not this one. I know people don't believe me when I say that. It's great, I have the impression that there are a lot of people who are convinced that this player will arrive. It might give us some ideas because he's still a Swedish international, that might interest me, but it's going to take a lot of money, I don't know if you want to start contributing, because he's international so it has a price”.
Nanasi's agent throws everything away
A month and a half after Olivier Dall'Oglio's comments, Sebastian Nanasi's agent threw everything away. After transferring his player to Strasbourg, Liam Rosenior confirmed that ASSE wanted him: “Sebastian was not only courted by Saint-Etienne. Top European clubs wanted to sign him. He was very clear about his desire to come here because for him we were an interesting step in his career”. This winter, it is the turn of another midfielder to be mentioned on the Saint-Etienne tablets: Baptiste Santamaria (Rennes). A hot issue… until the leaders indicated that they had no contact for the Rennes community.
Santamaria, a Nanasi bis?
The Santamaria file seems to be a replica of the Nanasi file. A classic transfer window bluff to be able to work more calmly behind the scenes. Sidelined by Jorge Sampaoli, Baptiste Santamaria is looking for a way out. ASSE offers him a very interesting challenge on a sporting level but the file mainly blocks the player's salary. Case to be continued, in the silence of the transfer window…
