In the fight to stay in Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne needs reinforcements for the second part of the season. Management is working on the return of Irvin Cardona. But the striker under contract with Augsburg imposes a condition which does not facilitate negotiations.
The drawn draw against Nantes (1-1) on Sunday further confirmed the doubts about AS Saint-Etienne. Despite the clear progress in the game thanks to new coach Eirik Horneland, the Greens lack quality players. The Saint-Etienne decision-makers reached the same conclusion since sports director Loïc Perrin announced ongoing steps to strengthen the squad.
ASSE awaits recruits
« For the moment, the transfer window is taking time to get set uprecognized the manager on DAZN. Obviously, there have been discussions started for a while with several profiles. This is the difficulty of this transfer window. We are sometimes confronted with opposing clubs who do not want to let their players leave, with negotiations which can be very long. I hope that there will be arrivals, perhaps also departures by the end of the transfer window. For now, what I can tell you is that there is nothing official. »
As for the lines to be reinforced, “ there are always sectors that are targetedconfided Loïc Perrin. Our job is to look at all positions because we can also be attacked by other clubs for our players. The idea is to anticipate as much as possible what could happen. The best way to do this is to pay attention to all positions. Afterwards, we obviously targeted certain priority positions for us with the problems that could happen to us, certain injuries. » The sports director was careful not to say too much, but we know that AS Saint-Etienne is working to recover Irvin Cardona.
-Following his half-season on loan last year, during which he largely contributed to the rise of the Greens, the Augsburg striker joined Espanyol Barcelona for an unconvincing experience. The Spanish club agrees to interrupt his loan to allow him to return to Forez. But according to Peuple Vert, the former Monegasque finally wants to settle down within a club. The Stéphanois must therefore negotiate a purchase option whose amount creates a disagreement with the German team. Nothing to affect the optimism of AS Saint-Etienne on this issue.
