The fate of Laurent Batlles à l’ ASSE is sealed. The management of the Loire club made a decision on its future, even before mid-season.
ASSE will play its last match of the first leg of Ligue 1 on Monday, January 16, against the Chamois Niortais at the René-Gaillard stadium. Before this decisive meeting of the 19th day, theAS Saint Etienne is always last. After its victory over Laval (1-0) on Tuesday, the team of Laurent Batlles will remain the red lantern at mid-season, if it does not chain another success to Niort. However, four clubs go down to National at the end of the 2022-2023 financial year. Despite this real threat of relegation hanging over ASSE, Jean-Francois Soucasse is optimistic. He hopes for a rise of the Greens in the standings, in the second half of the championship.
“Are we optimistic for the maintenance? Of course ! », he replied on Prime Video. “We are obviously very aware of the situation, of the difficulty, not of the gravity. We are committed to leaving behind us this year 2022 which has been painful and difficult. And then because pessimism does not solve any problem, we will rather project ourselves into 2023 with a lot of optimism, ”reassured the executive president of ASSE.
ASSE Mercato: Laurent Batlles confirmed in his position before mid-season
Jean-François Soucasse also decided on the immediate future of Laurent Batlles at ASSE. Whereas The Team announced that it needed two wins in a row for the Saint-Etienne coach to save his place in January, the Saint-Etienne leader still trusts the latter to raise the bar in 2023. “Today, Laurent Batlles is at the head of this team, he has our full confidence. I know he has all the qualities to take up a challenge. But not only Laurent Batlles, the players, the staff and the management with him, ”said the president of ASSE.
