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Montee les Verts June 2022: The Offseason Manager's Thoughts The time had come for M. Football to begin to implement his vision for the future of the club. It coincides with the club culture. After some thought M. Football decided there would be a Youth Focus to his plans for the club. This didn't mean there wouldn't be transfer activity. It would just be limited and would focus on specific needs for the First Team if a specific type of player wasn't already at the club. ASSE 2's youth recruitment was delegated to the General Manager with M. Football having veto power over any potential signees. This will allow M. Football to focus on the First Team and Potential First Team players training and development. The only potential roadblock is the rumored sale of the club. Highlights Pochettino wins Coach of the Year! Football is fuming anyone could win Ligue 1 with his team! Football believes he deserves the award because of what happened to ASSE in a Parallel Universe with the same players..... Many players were rumored to be leaving due to Football's plans for the club, but the Club Captain wasn't one! Even if Football was willing, it would take an extremely large transfer fee, because he was a player to be built around. The possible sale of the club keeps a cloud over all of the possible work towards next season. The team would have to pay for having a profitable season.....fair enough! In light of that tax bill the board only allowed a limited scouting budget, but M. Football transferred funds from the Transfer pool to cover more extensive scouting and recruitment since he was going to continue the teams efforts in the Francophone countries of Africa. The budget left a lot to be desired since it was less than 10% of PSG's budget, but there was room since Football intended to focus on Youth and selling players in the immediate future. Football did have a 5 Year Plan! Missing out on European Football hurt, but now the team has a goal for next season..... The media summed up the season and there was nothing of note in the teams 7th place finish. All the usual suspects......with those players PSG should have won Champion's league! On to club matters with Bernardoni the loaned GK leaving in July. Football had to start solidifying that position. Luckily the team had a talented player at ASSE2 that would be promoted to the first team as a Backup GK. As you can see not a bad backup GK. This will allow the current backup to become the Number 1 GK. These four Loan players all played significant minutes this season, but none of them impressed enough for Football to make the move permanent. Sacko was the only one Football was interested in, but his release clause was impossible for the club to pay. Crivelli had a cheap ($2.4M) fee in his loan contract, but Football decided to look at other options up front to lead the line. More players were on the move. Aouchiche was one to build around, but when Chelsea came calling it would be unrealistic to refuse especially when they offered to loan him back for the next season. Macon was another player that Football initially wanted to keep, but lack of playing time behind Sacko led to his becoming disgruntled so he was also allowed to leave. This leaves a big hole at Right Back, but Football was willing to explore his options. Palencia was another RB and was sold to the team that loaned him because he wasn't Football's (Type of Player) Football was going to have alot of work to do to find his back Four and he decided to start with a CB. When his scouts and recruiting let him know about this transfer listed player. Football decided to trust his instincts. The Brazilian/Serbian would hopefully become ASSE's Virgil Van Dijk! His agent tried to drum up interest. At the same time the team was searching for a potential replacement for Camara in case he left. Even though he is a mezzala, Football doesn't use the role. He will play either CM-S or CM-D. Most likely CM-D to move the current CM-D to be moved to Right Back. The end of the season came and the team released some players. The fans got angry at the sale of a player that was never going to make the first team..... M. Football had a plan and was sure the fans would enjoy the end result! He also reiterated his commitment to Youth Development. Management Report The team is in good shape and this is a make or break season for Football's Career. Thanks for Reading!

Only in FM can this happen! You had a good run! Where are you headed next? Even though I am doing an ASSE save now. I might do another for FM '23!

Background of Save: Hello, everyone, I have decided to try and reverse the decline of AS St. Etienne Soccer Club. Reason as their stare relegation in the face IRL. Maybe with my "Vast Experience" in France (Clermont), Hungary (DVSC), Slovakia (FC Kosice), (Baltika)and countless other clubs in my recent FM'ing I can do something else with the squad. I will use a generic manager that fits ASSE named Monsieur Football. He/I will try and play realistically. No editor for unlimited funds or forcing All stars and wonderkids into the team. I will probably use a 4-2-3-1 Wide System with either a Vertical TikiTaka approach or Gengenpress featuring. I will try and establish Youth Players into the first team using the academy, but also scouts and transfers will try and restock the Academy with plausible players. So, I will be scouting Francophone Countries in Africa as well for talent. I will also try and accept bids that a financially struggling team would as well. @SixPointer, @_Ben_, @karanghsingh, @13th Man This save will start slowly but will update more regularly after the school year is finished....... This podcast link was the clincher: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9XdV9qbzRyTQ/episode/OTMwZGIyZGItYjM3ZC00NmQ4LWJlMzktNjIzZTllOWMyMzg0?ep=14 History[edit] Early history[edit] AS Saint-Étienne was founded in 1919 by employees of the Saint-Étienne-based grocery store chain Groupe Casino under the name Amicale des Employés de la Société des Magasins Casino (ASC). The club adopted green as its primary color mainly due to it being the principal colour of Groupe Casino. In 1920, due to the French Football Federation (FFF) prohibiting the use of trademarks in sports club, the club dropped "Casino" from its name and changed its name to simply Amical Sporting Club to retain the ASC acronym. In 1927, Pierre Guichard took over as president of the club and, after merging with local club Stade Forézien Universitaire, changed its name to Association sportive Stéphanoise. In July 1930, the National Council of the FFF voted 128–20 in support of professionalism in French football. In 1933, Stéphanoise turned professional and changed its name to its current version. The club was inserted into the second division and became inaugural members of the league after finishing runner-up in the South Group. Saint-Étienne remained in Division 2 for four more seasons before earning promotion to Division 1 for the 1938–39 season under the leadership of the Englishman Teddy Duckworth. However, the team's debut appearance in the first division was short-lived due to the onset of World War II. Saint-Étienne returned to the first division after the war under the Austrian-born Frenchman Ignace Tax and surprised many by finishing runner-up to Lille in the first season after the war. The club failed to improve upon that finish in following seasons under Tax and, ahead of the 1950–51 season, Tax was let go and replaced by former Saint-Étienne player Jean Snella. Ten league titles (1956–1981)[edit] Georges Bereta won six league titles while playing for Saint-Étienne. Under Snella, Saint-Étienne achieved its first honour after winning the Coupe Charles Drago in 1955. Two seasons later, the club won its first domestic league title. Led by goalkeeper Claude Abbes, defender Robert Herbin, as well as midfielders René Ferrier and Kees Rijvers and striker Georges Peyroche, Saint-Étienne won the league by four points over Lens. In 1958, Saint-Étienne won the Coupe Drago for the second time. After the following season, in which the club finished sixth, Snella departed the club. He was replaced by René Vernier. In the team's first season under Vernier, Saint-Étienne finished 12th, the club's worst finish since finishing 11th eight seasons ago. In the following season, François Wicart joined the coaching staff. In 1961, Roger Rocher became president of the club and quickly became one of the club's chief investors. After two seasons under Wicart, Saint-Étienne were relegated after finishing 17th in the 1961–62 season. However, Wicart did lead the club to its first Coupe de France title in 1962, alongside co-manager Henri Guérin with the team defeating FC Nancy 1–0 in the final. He also led the club back to Division 1 after one season in the second division, but after the season, Wicart was replaced by Snella, who returned as manager after a successful stint in Switzerland with Servette. In Snella's first season back, Saint-Étienne won its second league title[3][4] and, three seasons later, captured its third. Snella's third and final title with the club coincided with the arrival of Georges Bereta, Bernard Bosquier, Gérard Farison and Hervé Revelli to the team. After the season, Snella returned to Servette and former Stade de Reims manager Albert Batteux replaced him. In Batteux's first season in 1967–68, Saint-Étienne captured the double after winning the league and the Coupe de France. In the next season, Batteux won the league and, in the ensuing season, won the double again. The club's fast rise into French football led to a high-level of confidence from the club's ownership and supporters and, following two seasons without a trophy, Batteux was let go and replaced by former Saint-Étienne player Robert Herbin. In Herbin's first season in charge, Saint-Étienne finished fourth in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France. In the next two seasons, the club won the double, its seventh and eighth career league title and its third and fourth Coupe de France title. In 1976, Saint-Étienne became the first French club since Reims in 1959 to reach the final of the European Cup. In the match, played at Hampden Park in Scotland, Saint-Étienne faced German club Bayern Munich, who were the reigning champions and arguably the world's best team at the time. The match was hotly contested with Saint-Étienne failing to score after numerous chances by Jacques Santini, Dominique Bathenay and Osvaldo Piazza, among others. A single goal by Franz Roth eventually decided the outcome and Saint-Étienne supporters departed Scotland in tears, however, not without nicknaming the goalposts "les poteaux carrés" ("the square posts"). Saint-Étienne did earn a consolation prize by winning the league to cap off a successful season and, in the following season, the team won the Coupe de France. In 1981, Saint-Étienne, captained by Michel Platini, won its final league title to date after winning the league for the tenth time. After two more seasons in charge, Herbin departed the club for archrivals Lyon. Decline and recent history[edit] Loïc Perrin spent his entire career at Saint-Étienne, his hometown club. In 1982, a financial scandal involving a controversial slush fund led to the departure and eventual jailing of long-time president Roger Rocher. Saint-Étienne subsequently suffered a free-fall with the club suffering relegation in the 1983–84 season. The club returned to the first division in 1986 under the leadership of goalkeeper Jean Castaneda who had remained with the club, despite its financial state. Saint-Étienne kept its place in the first division for nearly a decade with the club reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de France in 1990 and 1993 during the stint. In 1996, Saint-Étienne was relegated to the second division and returned to Division 1 in 1999. In the 2000–01 season, the club was supervised by five different managers and had to deal with a scandal that involved two players (Brazilian Alex Dias and Ukrainian goalkeeper Maksym Levytsky) who utilised fake Portuguese and Greek passports. Both players were suspended for four months and, at the end of a judicial inquiry, which linked some of the club's management staff to the passport forgeries, Saint-Étienne was docked seven league points and relegated.[5] Saint-Étienne played three seasons in the second division and returned to the first division, now called Ligue 1, for the 2004–05 season. They came fifth in the 2007–08 season, which resulted in the club qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time since 1982. Saint-Étienne was influenced by several youngsters within the team such as Bafétimbi Gomis, Loïc Perrin, Blaise Matuidi and Dimitri Payet. The club followed up its fifth-place finish by finishing 17th in the next two seasons. [6] Having won the Coupe de la Ligue in April 2013, their first major domestic trophy for more than 30 years, Saint-Étienne qualified for the third preliminary round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League campaign. Following crowd trouble towards the end of the 2012–13 season, Saint-Étienne were handed a one-match stadium ban which would have forced the team to open their campaign behind closed doors. However, on 23 July 2013, this ban was lifted.[7] On 30 November 2014, Saint-Etienne defeated fierce rivals Olympique Lyonnais 3–0 at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard for the first time since 1994.[8] The 2017–18 Ligue 1 season started badly for Saint-Etienne and culminated in a 5–0 derby loss to Olympique Lyonnais, after which Óscar García Junyent was dismissed as manager and replaced by former player Julien Sablé.[9] Sable was replaced in December by Jean-Louis Gasset because he did not hold the required qualifications to coach in Ligue 1, and the club were fined €25,000 euros for every game played with Sable in charge.[10] Under Gasset, Saint-Etienne went 13 games unbeaten and finished 7th in the table at the end of the season.[11] In the 2018–19 season, Saint-Etienne came fourth, the best finish since their promotion, after which Gasset elected to leave the club.[12] The following year they were 17th when the season was ended by the coronavirus pandemic.[13] They also reached the Coupe de France final in this season, which they lost 1–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.[14] In the 2020–21 season, Saint-Etienne started poorly and hovered above the relegation zone for most of the season before winning five of their last ten matches to finish 11th on the table.[15] Players[edit] Current squad[edit] As of 27 May 2022.[16] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF CMR Harold Moukoudi 3 DF FRA Mickaël Nadé 4 DF GUI Saïdou Sow 5 DF FRA Timothée Kolodziejczak (vice-captain) 6 MF FRA Lucas Gourna-Douath 7 MF ALG Ryad Boudebouz 8 MF FRA Mahdi Camara 9 FW SEN Sada Thioub (on loan from Angers) 10 FW TUN Wahbi Khazri (captain) 11 DF BRA Gabriel Silva 13 DF PER Miguel Trauco 14 DF MLI Falaye Sacko (on loan from Vitória S.C.) 15 MF FRA Bilal Benkhedim 16 GK SEN Boubacar Fall 17 MF FRA Adil Aouchiche No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW FRA Arnaud Nordin 19 MF CMR Yvan Neyou 20 MF GAB Denis Bouanga 21 FW FRA Romain Hamouma (vice-captain) 22 DF FRA Eliaquim Mangala 25 MF SEN Assane Dioussé 26 FW MLI Bakary Sako 27 DF FRA Yvann Maçon 28 MF FRA Zaydou Youssouf 29 MF FRA Aïmen Moueffek 30 MF FRA Maxence Rivera 31 FW FRA Enzo Crivelli (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) 40 GK ENG Etienne Green 50 GK FRA Paul Bernardoni (on loan from Angers) Out on loan[edit] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF ESP Sergi Palencia (at Leganés until 30 June 2022) — FW CIV Jean-Philippe Krasso (at AC Ajaccio until 30 June 2022) No. Pos. Nation Player — FW FRA Charles Abi (at Guingamp until 30 June 2022) Reserve squad[edit] [17] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF CIV Abdoulaye Bakayoko — DF FRA Lucas Calodat — DF FRA Lucas Llort — MF FRA Victor Petit No. Pos. Nation Player — MF FRA Mathys Saban — FW GNB Edmilson Correia — FW SEN El Hadji Dieye — FW FRA Abdoulaye Sidibé Retired numbers[edit] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF FRA Loïc Perrin