The winter transfer window promises to be crucial for ASSE. While the club is in a play-off position at the break, supporters are waiting for reinforcements to hope to keep their team in Ligue 1. The new coach, Eirik Horneland, will have the mission of relaunching a team in difficulty. A key element of the rise in Ligue 1 could make its return to Forez this winter.
Loïc Perrin suggested, during the presentation of the Norwegian technician, that negotiations were underway with certain players. The first days of January will be decisive for Saint-Étienne. The club will have to quickly become active in order to strengthen a team which is experiencing many physical problems.
A disappointing start to the season
The return to Ligue 1 did not live up to expectations for ASSE. Lacking away victories and weakened by an often overwhelmed defense, the team is struggling to find its rhythm. Olivier Dall’Oglio was fired in December after a series of poor performances. The former Dijon coach will have spent a year on the Greens bench.
Eirik Horneland, 49, was then called in to reverse the trend. With his first experience outside Norway, he will rely on a successful winter transfer window to hope to keep the Greens in the elite.
-A former Green returning to the transfer window?
Arriving for a commando operation on January 3, 2024, Irvin Cardona allowed the Greens to regain the elite. Under Olivier Dall’Oglio, the former Brest or Monaco player scored 10 goals in 22 appearances under the Stéphanoise tunic. Particularly appreciated by ASSE supporters, the player loaned to Espanyol Barcelona, in which he is nevertheless experiencing difficulties, could indeed be back this winter.
According to information from Mohamed Toubache-Ter on Indeed, Eirik Horneland would be particularly excited by the player’s profile.
