Miami – Andrézieux-Bouthéon: 20 degrees difference. We are going to advise Eliaquim Mangala to cover up well when he gets off the plane that will take him from Florida to Forez. As announced by the Team and the 90s soccer app, the former resident of Manchester City and Porto is the target number 1 of the leaders of AS Saint-Étienne to come and strengthen the defensive sector of the Greens. Free since the end of his contract with Valencia (Spain) this summer, Eliaquim Mangala, 30, has agreed to come and do a six-month freelance job in Forez. His signature is therefore on the right track.
An “advanced” medical examination before signing
We will wait to see her set foot on French soil to be more affirmative and we will also wait for the player to pass the medical examination without any problem. A medical visit which should be more extensive than usual according to our information because the player has been lacking competitiveness for many months. His last match in full dates back to January 2021 and over the last five seasons he has only played around forty matches in all. The fault in particular of a knee injury in 2018. Like Bakary Sako, Sada Thioub and Joris Gnagnon, Eliaquim Manga therefore constitutes a bet for the leaders of Saint-Etienne.
The Greens have the money to afford a striker
Hoped for a time to be available for the derby this Friday, Eliaquim Mangala could instead make his debut with the Greens during the next meeting on Wednesday January 26 in Angers. Once this file is settled, the leaders of Saint-Etienne, Loïc Perrin in the lead, will try to complete the most thorny part of the transfer window. That of the attacker. The tracks leading to Jean-Philippe Mateta and Serhou Guirassy seem blocked and for the moment no other name comes out of the hat.
To bring in this long-awaited scorer, the Greens will have the possibility of spend money either through an outright transfer or paid loan. This greatly expands the options.