AS Saint-Etienne finally holds its attacker. This is Anthony Modeste (32 years old). The FC Cologne (ALL) striker, with whom he remains under contract until June 30, 2023, will be loaned to the Greens until the end of the season. His loan will not be accompanied by a purchase option and the German club will cover part of his salary.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the case would have been quickly concluded, this Monday afternoon. The three parties would agree and all that would be missing would be to append the signatures to the loan agreement. Unless there is an improbable turnaround, always possible in terms of transfers, it will be done before midnight Monday evening and the closure of this winter transfer window.
In the hard this season
It should therefore end on a good note for the Greens. After formalizing the loan (with a purchase option of € 13 million) of Pape Abou Cissé (23), the Senegalese central and international defender of Olympiakos Piraeus (GRE), Saturday afternoon, Saint-Etienne is about to welcome Modeste. The former French Espoirs international (16 caps and 6 goals) knows Ligue 1 well. He has already played there from 2009 to 2013, in Nice, Angers, Bordeaux and Bastia.
Often injured and cold with Markus Gisdol, his coach, Modeste has played very little this season in the Bundesliga (8 matches, 0 goal), where Cologne plays the maintenance (14th, one point from the relegation zone). Hence his arrival among the Greens.
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