A great architect of Saint-Etienne’s rise to Ligue 1, Irvin Cardona returned to Augsburg who had loaned him to the Greens. However, the French striker wants to quickly return to Forez.
He changed the destiny of ASSE in just a few months. Arriving on loan from Augsburg in January with Nathanael Mbuku, Irvin Cardona took off in Ligue 2. The former Brest player scored 10 goals in just 22 games, including 2 during the play-offs, making a strong contribution to the Greens’ rise to Ligue 1. However, , he returned to Germany as planned with Mbuku. But, little used in the Bundesliga over the last two seasons, he would like to continue the great adventure started in Saint-Etienne and in Ligue 1 this time. A dream also shared by Saint-Etienne coach Olivier Dall’Oglio.
Cardona at ASSE, Augsburg blocks everything
However, according to the Team, we are very far from a return of Irvin Cardona to Sainté. Indeed, the negotiations between ASSE and its Augsburg club “ are currently at a standstill » according to the French sports daily. Thus, the Saint-Etienne recruitment unit is already thinking of looking for two off-center offensive players to replace Cardona and his friend Mbuku who have returned to Germany. In addition to these two profiles, ASSE is targeting a goalkeeper and a number 6.
Cardona will have to quickly convey his desire to leave to the management of Augsburg to return to ASSE. It is worth it since he had the best accounting season of his career in Forez and he deserves to know the atmosphere of the Chaudron against the big names of Ligue 1. The new financial capacities of AS Saint-Etienne brought by Kilmer Sports Venture should enable it to find a solution very quickly in this matter.
