In the fight for maintenance, ASSE undoubtedly hoped to experience a more peaceful season, especially since the Greens invested significantly more than their competitors during last summer's transfer window.
The first part of the season was not easy for AS Saint-Etienne supporters. Indeed, the Foréz club is in 16th place in the ranking and the poor results got the better of Olivier Dall'Oglio, dismissed just before the winter break and replaced by Norwegian technician Eirik Horneland. The new owners of the Greens hope to create an electric shock with this change of coach with a single goal: maintenance. Obviously, the Kilmer Sport project would take a huge hit in the event of relegation, and a return to Ligue 2 would be purely scandalous in the eyes of Walid Acherchour.
On RMC, the After Foot consultant estimated that given the resources deployed last summer with 23 million euros spent on the transfer market, ASSE simply does not have the right to go down especially when Le Havre, Montpellier, or even Angers, the main competitors of Saint-Etienne, experienced a much more restrictive transfer window six months ago. “Saint-Étienne must not go down, cannot go down. With a Ligue 1 of eighteen, with many clubs which have not recruited because of the structural problems that there were with the League this summer…” commented Walid Acherchour before concluding.
-Wald Acherchour met l’ASSE sous pression
“Saint-Étienne still spent money and will continue to spend it in January. I think that for the new Gazidis project, it would be a big disappointment to see them go down to Ligue 2. Especially since we know very well that it is hard to move up, we see it with Paris FC currently. It would still work” believes the one who is also a consultant on DAZN and who was able to notice the weakness of ASSE during this first part of the season. Disappointing first fifteen matches which place Saint-Etienne in a difficult position in the standings, but Walid Acherchour is categorical, the Forézien club must absolutely get back on track after the holidays to avoid a very embarrassing relegation.
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