After a 2024-25 season which led the club in Ligue 2, AS Saint-Étienne nourished great ambitions and does not intend to make old bones in the anteroom of the elite. This will pass a conservation of its best talents, but also, and above all, through a overhaul of its defense, the main cause of Stéphanois setbacks last season (77 goals conceded in 34 games).
And the Greens recruitment unit is already working at full speed. As revealed by Green people.fr This morning, ASSE Lorgne Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao. Indisputable holder of Rodez in 2023-24, the solid Franco-Ivorian central defender of 26 years (1.96m-83kg) had chosen to join Rapid Vienna at the end of his contract signing 4 years in Austria. With 49 matches in all competitions with Rapid, Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao discovered the Europa League conference and played 10 games in this competition. Estimated at € 5 million per transfermarkt, the native of Pontoise is on the shelves of the Greens. It remains to be seen whether the prospect of a return to L2, a year after leaving Rodez will be able to seduce a player who is now tracked by several European clubs including the Torino. Nothing is less certain …
