The AS Saint-Etienne Gazette
Match15 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne taken apart
0‑3 to Clermont Foot, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Keito Nakamura at that price
AS Saint-Etienne offered $20.1M; Stade de Reims 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne turn down Atalanta for Lucas Stassin
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Marten-Chris Paalberg says no to Araz-Nakhchivan
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Marten-Chris Paalberg had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne bid $6.9M for Tom Ducrocq
The offer went to SC Bastia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne rebuffed over Félix Lemaréchal
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Club Brugge have kept their man, and AS Saint-Etienne go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
AS Saint-Etienne go back to the board over Keito Nakamura
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $22.9M — a club that wants Keito Nakamura enough to be asked twice.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at AS Saint-Etienne
Julien Le Cardinal 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at AS Saint-Etienne
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Squad Words at AS Saint-Etienne training over how hard people work
- Market One of our own: Pierre Lefebvre joins the AS Saint-Etienne first team
- Market One of our own: Patrick Lopez joins the AS Saint-Etienne first team