After a successful season under the colors of Nîmes Olympique, Denis Bouanga had taken, in the summer of 2019, the decision to join the Greens of AS Saint-Etienne rather than Stade Rennais FC, also very interested in his services. In an interview with ASSE.TV, the Gabonese winger returned to the underside of his signature in the Forez. A decision mainly motivated by the Green People.
“I said to myself: ‘this is a great club’. I often watched the games at 9:00 p.m. and Saint-Etienne played regularly at that time. With an audience like that, how do you mean no? You can not ! I said to myself if Saint-Etienne arrives, think twice before giving an answer. There were Rennes, a lot of clubs that took an interest in me“, confessed the number 20 of the Ligériens, and to continue:”So I had the choice between Saint-Etienne and Rennes, I chose Saint-Etienne for its audience. Compared to the fire they put in the stadiums. That does not mean that Rennes does not have an audience. But the atmosphere of Saint-Etienne has nothing to do with Rennes, or the others. To play, I need supporters like that. You know when you are down 1-0 that you can come back thanks to the supporters who push. You can equalize and win the match because you have supporters behind you, you have the pressure. I need this, we’re playing behind closed doors now, I’m having trouble“.
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