The AS Saint-Etienne Gazette
Market13 Sep 2027
Only the photograph left for Ben Old
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ben Old will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around AS Saint-Etienne the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match11 Sep 2027
After 9 games, AS Saint-Etienne finally taste it again
The first defeat in 9 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Angers SCO; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words exchanged at AS Saint-Etienne
Julien Le Cardinal and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The step up is real for Kevin Pedro
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Words at AS Saint-Etienne training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Zima 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.
Match11 Sep 2027
AS Saint-Etienne come up short against Angers SCO
Angers SCO left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
No hiding place for Mojmír Chytil
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mojmír Chytil, and the manager let it.
Market13 Sep 2027
David Bernard steps up from the AS Saint-Etienne academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Bernard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market13 Sep 2027
AS Saint-Etienne promote Daniel Perrot from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Perrot has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market David Baron steps up from the AS Saint-Etienne academy
- Squad Too much change too quickly at AS Saint-Etienne
- Loan watch Djylian N'Guessan counts the days