In recent days, several pieces of information relating to the ASSE transfer window have emerged. And it seems that the Saint-Etienne club is activating a rather surprising sector given the ambitions of Kilmer Group… Explanation.
After having started the year 2025 perfectly with a convincing victory against Reims (3-1), ASSE is trying to launch its winter transfer window. The new coach, Eirik Horneland, aspires to strengthen himself with at least three profiles. But surprisingly, in recent days, rumors linked to ASSE only concern unknown people at low prices. Not without causing incomprehension among supporters.
Perrin digs into Ligue 2 and National
Loïc Perrin would work, for example, on the recruitment of Amin Cherni, who plays in Laval, in Ligue 2. On the Caen side, it is the profile of Tidiam Gomis, at the end of his contract in Normandy, which is attractive. In the National Championship, the third French division, the rise of Lucas Bretelle (Orléans) would have caught the eye of Perrin and the Saint-Etienne board. Surprising ideas given the Kilmer Group’s stated and announced ambition: to once again become essential on the national scene and return to Europe.
Not the Horneland network at all…
Another surprising point: the French sector and its secondary championships are not at all Eirik Horneland’s playground. Norwegian, the technician doesn’t know French football at all. Imagining him validating the ideas of players he has never seen evolve seems unthinkable… It seems rather that these are profiles proposed by Loïc Perrin and not real and concrete ideas from the new management.