Stéphane Ruffier officially committed for four years with AS Saint-Etienne. Formed in Monaco, the porter International (selection) thus leaving the cocoon of the Riviera. An expected outcome, since the ASM down in League 2. But the base of the keeper still had to formalize, who has long been coveted by the Paris-SG. Ruffier must now fend off competition from Jeremie Janot.
Stéphane Ruffier officially committed for four years with AS Saint-Etienne. Formed in Monaco, the porter International (selection) thus leaving the cocoon of the Riviera. An expected outcome, since the ASM down in League 2. But the base of the keeper still had to formalize, who has long been coveted by the Paris-SG. Ruffier must now fend off competition from Jeremie Janot. The descent into League 2 had buried for good his last hopes to grow a little longer with AS Monaco. Stéphane Ruffier would be one of those who would bring the most money to his club trainer. As the goalkeeper could not be seen openly pursue a season in purgatory, both parties were made for each other and separate by mutual agreement. Saint-Etienne took advantage, since the Greens have officially announced the signing of goalkeeper for four years on Monday on their official website. Announced the long side of Paris-SG at the end of last season, Ruffier was beaten by Nicolas Douchez, who had for him the advantage of being free. The Saint-Etienne, meanwhile, did not hesitate to pay, even if the transfer amount is currently unknown. According to RMC, the transaction would be approximately four million euros. What is certain however, is the contract: the now former Monaco goalkeeper has signed a four seasons with the ASSE, and so will the peace of Louis II in the warm atmosphere of Geoffroy-Guichard . Janot on the bench? So far, Ruffier took part in the training camp of the ASM, Isle de Re. The Directorate Etrat therefore the new guardian of the Greens, which should have time to acclimate to almost a month of the beginning of the championship. Apart from an interlude of a season in Bayonne, National, during the 2005-2006 season, Ruffier never wore jersey other than Monaco and then realizes, to some extent, the high jump. At 24, he has already had a cape for France in a friendly in Norway – in August 2010, when the globalists were serving their match suspension – might have to face a challenging environment. At first recruited to don the suit of the owner, the new recruit has trampled the flower beds of Jeremie Janot, the darling of Geoffroy-Guichard. The latter is still under contract for one year, but nothing says that 33 years, the porter of the Greens is inclined to look elsewhere. Faced with pressure from a public waiting much of his rookie Ruffier can pass a course. Despite the departure of Payet in Lille, the arrival of Sinama-Pongolle, and that of one of the most promising keepers in Ligue 1, beginning to show a pretty face recruitment Etienne.