According to information from our colleagues from Foot Market, Claude Puel and theASSE – AS Saint-Etienne would have ticked the name of Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes Olympique) for this summer. The Algerian international right winger, who has had a very good season with the Gard club (6 goals and 10 assists in Ligue 1), would also be in the sights of Sassuolo and the Glasgow Rangers.
Currently estimated at around € 7M, Zinedine Ferhat will arrive in his last year of contract with the Olympic Nimes this summer, and its price could well be revised downwards slightly. Even more, in the event of relegation of the Nîmes Crocs, trained by Pascal Plancque and where Renaud Ripart is playing, in Ligue 2 …
However, it is hard to imagine the Greens of St Etienne invest so much money to wrest the signature of the native of Bordj Menaïel, and for several reasons. On the one hand, for its price, which will remain too high for the finances of theAXIS. Second, in relation to the age of the player (28 years old), because it will be very complicated for theAS Saint-Etienne to realize a capital gain on a future resale. And last point: because it will not necessarily be in this position that Claude Puel and Saint-Etienne leaders will have to invest to strengthen their workforce: a central defender and a real scorer will be the priorities of the management of the Greens of St Etienne for the next one Market.
So the track leading to Zinedine Ferhat of Olympic Nimes, is it definitely to be buried on the side of theAXIS, who will face LOSC, the current leader of Ligue 1, on Sunday? To be continued in the coming weeks …
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