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While the transfer window has already closed its doors, AS Saint-Etienne has finalized a rather surprising transfer.
Olivier Dall’Oglio didn’t mince his words on Saturday after the bitter defeat conceded against Brest (0-4):AS Saint-Etienne is not yet “at the level” of Ligue 1. Back in the elite, the Forez club is the only team with Angers, another promoted team, not to have unlocked its points counter since the curtain rose.
This situation could encourage Saint-Etienne to strengthen itself to adjust a squad that is still too small. But curiously, it is in the direction of departures that ASSE announced a last-minute transfer, Monday evening, a few days after the closing of the summer transfer window.
The Greens are slimming down
If this transfer window is closed in Europe, the market remained open in other countries of the planet, such as Egypt. And it is for this destination that defender Mahmoud Bentayg has opted, with a one-year loan with an option to buy.
“On loan to Zamalek SC, the 24-year-old full-back will play in the Egyptian Premier League this season,
can be read in a press release from AS Saint-Etienne. After playing 23 matches in Green during his first season in the AS Saint-Étienne jersey, Mahmoud Bentayg (24 years old) is heading to Egypt and Zamalek SC, a major club in the Egyptian Premier League, which he is joining on loan with an option to buy. The entire club wishes the Moroccan defender a great 2024-2025 season.concludes the club.
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