Emmanuel Riviere wants to leave AS Saint-Etienne for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toulouse-FC-c40751 – Ligue 1 news
reports in French media suggest that Saint-Etienne striker Emmanuel Riviere wants to move on to another club this summer with fellow Ligue 1 outfit Toulouse the striker’s likely destination.
The 21-year-old striker while talking to France’s sports daily L’Equipe expressed his desire to leave the Rhone-Alpes club and said, “I want to go to Toulouse. The club has been chasing me for over 18 months. I expressed this desire to my coach (Christophe
Galtier) and CEO (Roland Romeyer). The coach told me he wanted me to stay but he will not veto my departure.”
The young striker also added that he was hopeful that Les Verts get a good price for his departure before adding that Toulouse FC is an ideal club for him.
However, it seems that negotiations for the transfer of Riviere could prove to be lengthy. Both clubs’ presidents are well-known to be the most uncompromising in Ligue 1 when it comes to talking about transfer fees.
Moreover, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse have no http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Love-c22466 lost for eachother. Last January, Toulouse made an offer for Riviere 24 hours before the two clubs were about to play eachother in a Ligue 1 encounter. Les Verts president, Roland Romeyer was apparently not
happy with Toulouse’s way of approaching the player which means that the club might make things hard for Les Pitchouns to sign Riviere.
Last summer, Riviere signed a three-year contract extension with ASSE that would keep him at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard until June 2014. However, with Toulouse not giving up on the striker and the striker keen on coming to the Ville Rose, a deal might be
struck albeit after a lot of bargaining from both ends.
Riviere is a product of the Saint-Etienne youth academy and has made over 73 appearances for Les Verts since making his debut for the club in January 2009. Though the youngster has scored just 17 goals for the Rhone club, many believe that Riviere still
has a lot of potential in him to become a top class striker.
Though it still remains to be seen how much Saint-Etienne would be expecting from the sale of Emmanuel Riviere, a fee in the region of 7 million Euros is believed to be enough to force the club in selling the want-away striker.
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