After the arrival of defender Eliaquim Mangala, Pascal Dupraz is still calling for reinforcements. And the ASSE coach is now aiming for the heavy.
Pascal Dupraz sets two goals for the end of the Mercato
After the defeat against Olympique Lyonnais (0-1), Friday evening, on the occasion of the 22nd day of Ligue 1, at Groupama Stadium, Pascal Dupraz publicly called for reinforcements at theAS Saint-Etienne after the arrivals of Paul Bernardoni, Sada Thioub, Bakary Sako, Joris Gnagnon and Eliaquim Mangala. The Greens coach wants to secure the services of a striker and a full-back.
“Yes, we also need to recruit again. And we have this intention to recruit at least two more players, including an attacker and perhaps a full-back. We work for that. What’s good is that everyone is aligned, the leaders really want us to improve the team and get out of this bad situation together (…) It takes less chilliness and more weapons. With more weapons, I would have clearer ideas”, declared the French technician at the microphone of Premium Video. This Saturday, strange news fell in the Cauldron.
ASSE Mercato: Robert Beric back in Saint-Étienne?
Former ASSE scorer from 2015 to 2020, Robert Beric could return to the Greens by January 31. Free since the end of his adventure at Chicago Fire, the Slovenian international had proposed his return to the leaders of Saint-Etienne in order to come and help the club with a view to maintaining it in Ligue 1. Indeed, according to information from the newspaper The Team, the 30-year-old is expected in Saint-Étienne at the end of the winter transfer window.
Author of 34 goals in 105 matches in all competitions during his first visit to Sainté, Robert Beric returns not in the shoes of a holder, but to be the understudy of Wahbi Khazri and another number 9 that ASSE is trying to recruit by the end of the transfer window. Still according to the same source, Pascal Dupraz is targeting Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), Serhou Guirassy (Rennes) or Vedat Muriqi (Lazio Rome).