And three. This Wednesday, ASSE consecutively records its second and third reinforcements of the winter transfer window. After Bakary Sako (free), the keeper Paul Bernardoni and the attacker Sada Thioub land in the Forez from Angers. Both players land in the form of a six-month loan.
A reinforcement of weight and a new bet
Paul Bernardoni, 24, is a safe bet in Ligue 1 as goalkeeper for three seasons. Spent two seasons with Nîmes, he signed to Anger in the summer of 2020 from the Girondins de Bordeaux for 7 million euros. The international Espoir contracted a pneumonia which kept him away from the field for several weeks at the end of the year 2021. The SCO of Angers, whose coach Gerald Baticle now prefers Danijel Petković, has decided to separate from him in particular to reduce his payroll.
Monitored in this sense by the DNCG, the financial policeman of French football, the leaders of Angevins included in the transaction Sada Thioub. The 26-year-old Franco-Senegalese striker who passed through Nice, Guingamp and Nîmes has only played two minutes in Ligue 1 this season. Its performance in view of the operation to maintain the Greens appears much more uncertain.
I am ready to face the challenges that lie ahead – Paul Bernardoni
The words of Paul Bernardoni on the club website : “I am very happy to join ASSE and ready to take on this mission. As soon as the opportunity presented itself, I did not hesitate. The words of the coach were important to me too. I am ready to face the challenges that lie ahead. We are lucky not to play this weekend. We will have time to acclimatize to get off to a good start. ASSE is a huge club, which represents a lot. For the football fan that I am, it’s beautiful. “
Sada Thioub’s words on the club’s website: “I am very happy to join AS Saint-Étienne. I look forward to starting out on the pitch very soon and helping ASSE secure its maintenance. This is my goal and to achieve it, I will have to show my qualities after a particular period on a personal level. “