The AS Saint-Etienne Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $17.9M for Hákon Arnar Haraldsson
AS Saint-Etienne have gone to LOSC Lille with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne turn down SC Bastia for Irvin Cardona
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Enzo Mayilla is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Bourg-Peronnas waiting with a shirt. Nobody at AS Saint-Etienne is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Sekou Fofana at that price
AS Saint-Etienne offered $1.9M; Lausanne-Sport said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne go back to the board over Hákon Arnar Haraldsson
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $19.8M — a club that wants Hákon Arnar Haraldsson enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mahmoud Jaber stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mahmoud Jaber and AS Saint-Etienne agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at AS Saint-Etienne
Julien Le Cardinal and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Lucas Stassin’s goal not enough for AS Saint-Etienne
Lucas Stassin scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Stade de Reims, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne promote Gabriel Moulin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gabriel Moulin 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 AS Saint-Etienne promote Benoît Picard from within
- Squad A row about effort at AS Saint-Etienne
- The dugout Gautier Larsonneur is still paying for one afternoon at AS Saint-Etienne