The AS Saint-Etienne Gazette
Market10 Jan 2028
AS Saint-Etienne say no — this time
The offer from Toulouse FC for Augustine Boakye was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings10 Jan 2028
Warren Zaïre-Emery, 21, steals the show — 7.72
Marked 7.72 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market10 Jan 2028
Meïvyn Agesilas asks to leave AS Saint-Etienne
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Jan 2028
Eyes on Rémy Descamps again
The phone has started ringing about Rémy Descamps again, and this time the name on the line is KV Mechelen. AS Saint-Etienne are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Tempers go at AS Saint-Etienne
Warren Zaïre-Emery was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom10 Jan 2028
AS Saint-Etienne to lose Axel Dodote for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Axel Dodote has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Jan 2028
At 21, Warren Zaïre-Emery is already the best thing here
An average of 7.01 in a first team he is several years too young for. AS Saint-Etienne have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Words at AS Saint-Etienne training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tanner Tessmann is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Jan 2028
Door shut on Hamed Traoré
AS Saint-Etienne asked and Olympique de Marseille said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Mahmoud Jaber
- Market Olympique de Marseille expected to open talks for Lucas Stassin
- Player ratings Zuriko Davitashvili beats them one at a time