A galley season ended by relegation rarely makes it possible to receive a satisfactory offer for one of the players in the squad. That is why AS Saint Etienne must not have been unhappy to complete the transfer of his young midfielder this Wednesday Lucas Gourna-Douath (18 ans) to Red Bull Salzburg, for an estimated amount of 15 million euros. Arrived at the Greens training center in 2018 and revealed by a superb performance, on January 6, 2021 against PSG (1-1), the U19 international has just gone through a delicate year, like the entire Saint-Etienne collective.
But the well-known attraction of the Austrian champion for (very) young promising players pushed him to break the bank for the native of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne). And for good reason, Red Bull Salzburg has shown itself ready to drop more money to afford Lucas Gourna-Douath than for its most significant transfers, from Erling Haaland to Sadio Mané via Naby Keita and Dayot Upamecano. .
With already 61 Ligue 1 matches on the clock (1 goal) at 18, he will discover the Champions League in Austria, where he has signed up until 2027. “Sainté, it’s my house, it’s here that everything started for me, confides the interested party in a farewell video intended for educators, leaders and supporters of ASSE. Even if the time has come for me to grow up somewhere else, I will never forget anything you taught me. Thank you to the club for giving me the chance to live my dream. “His juicy transfer could allow the Greens to accelerate their recruitment to try to go up next season in the elite.
