It is Monday July 1, the ASSE squad accompanied by their coach Olivier Dall’Oglio will return to Etrat in a week. After experiencing a completely crazy second part, it’s time to get back to work to take on this rise to League 1.
The Greens know it, after having ensured their rise to League 1 thanks to their victory in the double confrontation against Metz, a new page will be written. Ride the euphoria of the climb, but above all quickly achieve a hold which must be the sole objective of the season. To do this, the Greens will take advantage of a transfer window which risks profoundly changing the current squad.
ASSE squad as of July 1
The club has 34 players under professional contract. The professional group and the reserve group will resume training at the same time. Several players under professional contract will resume with the reserve group Like Israël Kinunga, Marwann Nzuzi or Jebryl Sahraoui for example.
4 Guardians
– Gautier Larsonneur (2026)
– Etienne Green (2025)
– Boubacar Fall (2025)
– Issiaka Toure (2027)
10 defenders
– Leo Petrot (2025)
– Dennis Appiah (2025)
– Yvann Mason (2025)
– Anthony Briançon (2026)
– Dylan Batubinsika (2026)
– Mahmoud Bentayg (2026)
– Beres Owusu (2025)
– Israel Kinunga (2025)
– Marwann Nzuzi (2025)
– Darling Bladi (2027)
10 environments
– Thomas Monconduit (2025)
– Florian Tardieu (2026)
– Benjamin Bouchouari (2026)
– Lamine Fomba (2026)
– Louis Mouton (2025)
– Mathis Amougou (2026)
– Antoine Gauthier (2025)
– Karim Cisse (2026)
– Cheikh Fall (2026)
– Jebryl Sahraoui (2025)
10 Attackers
– Ibrahima Wadji (2025)
– Abraham Sissoko (2026)
– Mathieu Cafaro (2025)
– Ayman Aiki (2026)
– Enzo Mayilla (2027)
– El Hadji Dieye (2025)
– Mathys Saban (2025)
– Yanis Lhery (2025)
– Meyvin Agesilas (2027)
– Jibril Othman (2027)
ASSE should record the arrivals of Yunis Abdelhamid, Ben Old and the extension of Aimen Moueffek. Which would bring the squad to 37 players. Concerning Mickaël Nadé, questions are still in order.
05 Florian TARDIEU (asse) – 29 Aimen MOUEFFEK (asse) during the Ligue 2 BKT match between Pau Football Club and Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne at Nouste Camp on January 23, 2024 in Pau, France. (Photo by Romain Perrocheau/FEP/Icon Sport)
The gardians
As in each sector, there should be movement among the goalkeepers. Etienne Green is leaving. The club intends to recruit a number 2 or even 1 bis goalkeeper to give itself an option in the event of a problem with Gautier Larsonneur. No lead has really leaked to the press.
The defenders
In the central axis, the arrival of Yunis Abdelhamid numerically replaces the non-extension of Mickaël Nade. Although the final decision has not been taken on his case. Also, Anthony Briançon the captain of the 2023-2024 season will not be retained.
In terms of the full-backs, three of the four full-backs only have one year left on their contract (Appiah, Petrot and Maçon). It will therefore be necessary to decide on their case. Either agree to let them go free, or sell them one year from the end of their contract, or extend them. In this project, the club should recruit 2 full-backs. One on each side. Two departures could occur in this sector as well. Amin Cherni is one of the tracks checked by ASSE!
The midfielder
ASSE has already seen the departure of Dylan Chambost in this sector. A departure that leaves a void in this role of playmaker. A position that will certainly need to be replaced to keep this link between the midfield and the attack. Aimen Moueffek should extend and thus secure one of the three starting places next season. For the rest, uncertainty looms! Lamine Fomba, Florian Tardieu, Thomas Monconduit and Benjamin Bouchouari will not be retained in the event of an offer. Not all of them will leave, however, the club’s desire to recruit an experienced sentinel will necessarily encourage the departure of Tardieu or Monconduit. In this sector, many names are circulating such as Aguibou Camara, Himad Abdelli.
The attackers
The club currently only has three confirmed players at league 2 level: Ibrahim Sissoko, Ibrahima Wadji and Mathieu Cafaro. For the rest, these are only young players who do not yet have the capacity to play very frequently in League 1. This sector of the game offers a colossal project. Ben Old arrives to boost the squad, but will be a backup solution while he acclimatizes. The club wants to recruit two additional wingers. Several names filter like Irvin Cardona, Nathanael Mbuku, Killian Corredor but also Zuriko Davitashvili.
The work is therefore still huge and the team will not be complete for the restart. Nevertheless, the championship does not resume until August 18 and the Greens will have only played two matches before the end of the transfer window.
