Nantes between 2017 and 2018, Pierre Ekwah quickly joined England and Chelsea to accelerate his football career. After a transfer to West Ham then to Sunderland, the 23-year-old midfielder set down his bags in Forez this summer. Loaned with option to purchase by the Black Cats, Pierre Ekwah returned to a press conference this Friday noon on his return to France and his signing for ASSE.
Pierre Ekwah: “Why Saint-Étienne? Because it is Saint-Étienne, a legendary club. I had good discussions with the coach and the sports director before signing, that reinforced my idea of coming to the Greens I wanted to discover Ligue 1 and France at a professional level because I only stayed for one season in Nantes. It will be a bit strange for me to return to the FCN, I left for England quite young but it will be a pleasure to do so. setting foot in this club again, these are good memories, when I was young I watched the pros play at La Beaujoire. I know exactly where the young people are going to sit in the stadium on Sunday. I’ll probably look back at this place to remember where I was not so long ago. I’m going to see some of the faces of the band who are still in Nantes, it’s going to be cool.
It’s nice to come back to France, I was given a superb welcome in Saint-Étienne. As soon as I walked through the door of the club, I felt like I had been there for months. I arrived at the end of the transfer window but I was lucky enough to sign during an international break and therefore to integrate correctly by blending into the collective. With the staff, the players, the city, you are quickly absorbed by the club, it was not difficult to integrate. I’m quite a homebody, apart from shopping, I haven’t gone out too much in Saint-Étienne yet, I’ll have to quickly hire a guide I think, maybe Aïmen (Moueffek) could do it. business (laughs).
Beyond the slap in the face in Nice, I’m happy to discover Ligue 1, it’s a very good championship, there are internationals in all the teams, it’s a very good level. This championship rocked my childhood, in England too I watched, I always talked about Ligue 1, I was able to discover it directly against Lille then against Nice. It’s nice to come back here, to do press conferences in French again, you turn on your TV, it’s you, your loved ones turn on the TV, it’s you too, it’s good to come back to France.”
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