Former Violets coach Pascal Dupraz will, as widely anticipated, leave the club after ASSE’s relegation to Ligue 2 on Sunday, club executive chairman Jean-François Soucasse announced on Wednesday.
“Yes it is. There was no doubt about it and from December 5 when we met,” Soucasse told France Bleu Saint-Etienne. Arrived last December with the aim of saving ASSE from relegation, Dupraz, 59, signed up with the Forézien club until June 30.
“There is no regret in having chosen him. He has worked a lot. He has objectively improved the performance of the club, it is factual. What is painful is to say to oneself that at a goal Nearly, except for a better prepared match, regardless of the catastrophic season we are experiencing, we could have effectively avoided this pitfall. There is an incredible disproportion between this fact and the consequences which are major”, he added. he regrets.
No social plan among the greens
“Pascal was loyal. He did like the others. He invested a lot in the club. He is saddened by this situation”, underlined the leader of the club whose shareholders announced the next sale. Soucasse also indicated that no social plan was envisaged at ASSE despite the club’s relegation to Ligue 2, synonymous with turnover which will be halved.
“I confirm that there will be no social plan,” he explained. “It would be particularly unfair if the employees, in addition to being hurt and who have such a strong bond with the club, are also the victims,” defended the leader.
Sanctions expected on June 23
Regarding the very serious incidents after the match against Auxerre on Sunday, Jean-François Soucasse does not rule out any hypothesis on the extent of the sanctions that will hit ASSE. “Given the seriousness of the facts, it will be the investigation of the case that will make it possible to take decisions, define the identities of the people who are guilty of the facts. Complaints have been filed”, underlined the executive president.
A decision from the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) is expected on this subject on June 23. The applicable disciplinary sanctions can go as far as a total or partial closed session, a withdrawal of points or even a disqualification and even a demotion.
