Hectic weekend at ASSE’s home, which contrasts after 3 weeks of calm between players’ holidays and the return to training a week ago. While Yvann Maçon has been officially loaned to Paris FC until the end of the season, Faouzi Ghoulam started training with the pro squad on Thursday. This Friday, place for the first friendly.
The news, which has been out for a few weeks around the ASSE, has been agitated in recent days. Tuesday evening, But Aces we learned of Faouzi Ghoulam’s return to ASSE, only to initially train with the professional group. This return took place this Thursday morning, without the left-back appearing in the photos of the club’s training session which took place behind closed doors.
First highlight of the preparation against Grenoble
Tomorrow, ASSE will host Vincent Hognon’s Grenoble Foot 38 at 17:00 for a friendly match at the Robert-Herbin sports center in L’Étrat. The meeting, closed to the public, will in any case be closed to the media, which will allow us to have some information and lessons.
Since the team returned to training a week ago, many youngsters have joined the professionals: Beres Owusu, Nabil Ouennas, Abdoulaye Sidibé, Ayman Aiki and Antoine Gauthier.
Mathys Saban and Anas Namri also took part in the match, in the continuity of the last few weeks before the truce where they had been able to take part in various matches with different statuses: substitute for the first, starter in right piston for the second.
Is a major workforce overhaul to be expected?
All the players from the usual professional group have returned with the exception of Gabriel Silva. Matthieu Dreyer, Anthony Briançon, Aïmen Moueffek, Mathieu Cafaro have gradually returned to group training. Thomas Monconduit took over the ride earlier in the week after injuring his calf over a month ago.
As usual in friendlies, Laurent Batlles should do a major squad review tomorrow against Isérois and give the young players some time to play.
The Ghoulam surprise?
And Faouzi Ghoulam? Although he has not been signed any contract with the club. The 31-year-old defender could play tomorrow, depending on his form, second Progress. We recall that he has been training physically on his own since the end of his contract in Naples last June.
If it should ever be available and find time, it would be a good first test for the player, to know if the hypothesis of a future contract proposal is possible or not. Especially since today the left wing of Saint-Etienne has further weakened numerically with the departure for Paris of Yvann Maçon.
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