The transfer window has come alive in recent weeks at ASSE. While Gaëtan Charbonnier officially joined the Greens 6 months ago, and the Faouzi Ghoulam file is pending, the situation of the Ivorian forward, whose contract expires in June, is under consideration in France and abroad!
Krasso: number 1 attraction of the Greens
Not a week goes by without Jean-Philippe Krasso making headlines in Saint-Etienne’s football news. At the start of the season, the 25-year-old striker stood out for his high-level performances and in particular his historic quadruple against SC Bastia.
At the beginning of autumn, and when Jipé was finding it more difficult to be decisive against the opposing cages, his red card and his 3-game suspension had hurt the Greens, who have a particularly meager offensive sector and who were resting for the most part at that time, on the former Epinal player.
Since the start of the winter break due to the World Cup, market news has re-emerged and Jean-Philippe Krasso’s contractual situation has attracted attention. In fact, as his contract expires next June, Krasso will be able to play freely with the club of his choice from January.
The Greens and the others are fighting for the Ivorian striker
Since the start of the season, ASSE has been trying to take the lead by engaging in discussions with the player’s clan. The leaders of Saint-Etienne have made a proposal with the key to a salary increase. Proposal categorically rejected. But the Greens don’t give up and try again.
At the same time, other clubs are showing their interest in the striker who is now being called up to the Ivorian squad by Jean-Louis Gasset. Already this summer many L1 clubs had come to ask for information. Krasso had also rejected a (financially attractive) offer from Dynamo Kyiv. The player had decided to stay with the Greens.
In early November, Red Star Belgrade’s interest in Krasso was revealed. The will of the Serbian club was to let the striker enter this winter. Furthermore, the Greens, seeing a possible Krasso extension drifting away, were not against the idea of parting ways with the striker this winter to recoup a small transfer fee.
A free departure in June rather than a transfer in January?
Start of the week, Blue France told us that Jean-Philippe Krasso had no intention of leaving the Saint-Etienne club before the end of the season. To help the club get his keep? For personal reasons, is he a new dad? To receive a signing bonus? We won’t know.
#AXIS : John Philip #Krassus he stays with the Greens until the end of the season, his entourage confirms. #Market pic.twitter.com/ozj7JTcDAx
— Yann TERROU (@YTERROU) December 13, 2022
In any case, there are numerous clubs that claim to recover Krasso at the end of the season. A few weeks ago, But! explained that L1 clubs were interested in Krasso.
Krasso left in the footsteps of Bouchouari… and Beric?
Today is the turn of Foot Market to announce the more than pronounced interest of a Belgian club in Jean-Philippe Krasso: RSC Anderlecht. The club would even hold “the string” at the time. Discussions are allegedly ongoing between the Belgian club, currently 11th in the Belgian league, and the player’s clan.
Anderlecht, Krasso’s young current teammate, will be able to tell him about it. Benjamin Bouchouari has completed part of his post-training at the Belgian club. He played with the club’s U19s.
If the interest of the Belgian club and the arrival of the attacker within it were to materialize, one could begin to wonder about the El Doraro that Anderlecht would represent for the Saint-Etienne attackers. Why yes, let’s remember, a few years ago, another green striker left for this club, this time on loan.
🚨 Info: Free from any contract next June, Jean-Philippe Krasso 🇨🇮 is interested in Anderlecht.https://t.co/p2e4ztgczv
– Santi Aouna (@Santi_J_FM) December 17, 2022
It was neither more nor less than Inspector Robert Beric. Undesirable in Oscar Garcia’s mind, the Slovenian forward has joined Anderlecht on loan for a year. But after 6 unconvincing months in Belgium, the loan deal had been broken and Beric had returned to ASSE, who had changed coaches in the meantime. The attacker had thus participated in the rescue mission of the greens initiated by Jean-Louis Gasset.
