Stéphane Ruffier has not digested the end of his story with Saint-Étienne, which stretched for nine years before ending suddenly in January 2021 with a dismissal for “serious misconduct”. This Monday, the man with 3 selections for the French team went before the Saint-Étienne industrial tribunal to contest his dismissal and to demand 7 million euros from his former club.
The former Greens doorman (37 years old), represented by his lawyer, Me Dorothée Bisaccia-Bernstein, pleaded “moral harassment”, denouncing his employer’s desire to “isolate” him until his employment was terminated. employment contract.
ASSE dismissed its goalkeeper in December 2020, six months before the end of his contract, following calls to order and disciplinary sanctions for insubordination (lateness for training, leaving the club without authorization, -wearing a mask during Covid).
The Greens’ most capped goalkeeper
Saint-Étienne hopes to cut short its “exorbitant financial” claims. “If serious misconduct was not recognized as a basis for dismissal, Ruffier should only be able to claim payment of the last six months of his basic salary, i.e. 540,000 euros,” argued the club’s lawyer, Me Olivier. Martin, while the industrial tribunal’s decision is expected on January 15.
To this day, Stéphane Ruffier is still the goalkeeper who has played the most with the Greens in Ligue 1 (383 matches), ahead of the legendary Ivan Curkovic.
2023-10-09 19:06:48
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