Yvann Maco’s transfer negotiations will not succeed. The right side of the AS Saint-Étienne will not join the Servette FC, despite an initial intention to engage with the Geneva club at the end of the week. After eight seasons in Saint-Étienne, where he played 81 games, Maco, who arrived from Dunkirk in 2020, left the club after a career marked by injuries, irregular performances and difficulties with the audience. His departure, originally planned to join the Swiss Super League, is finally compromised following a negative medical visit, according to reports from several media. This raises questions about his future at the Stéphanois club, despite a contract extension until 2027, as he is no longer in the coach’s plans.

At the same time, AS Saint-Étienne is preparing for the arrival of Joshua Duffus, a 20-year-old English attacker from Brighton’s youth teams. The player should sign a four-year contract with the club, filling a gap in the offensive sector left by the departures of Ibrahim Sisoko and Ibrahima Waadji. The arrival of Duffus, who wants to be fast, technical and powerful, reflects the club’s ambition to bet on young talent for the 2025-2026 season in Ligue 2. He became the sixth English player to wear the green jersey of ASSE, a first in the history of the club, and was part of an international opening policy initiated by the new management.

This recruit is seen as a means of bringing new energy and a new state of mind to the team, in an approach of diversification of the workforce. The arrival of Duffus, as well as that of other British players in the past, marks an evolution in the club’s strategy, which no longer fears opening up to external influences to strengthen its team. The AS Saint-Étienne hopes that the young attacker will adapt to Ligue 2 and write his own story in the green colors, thus contributing to the rise in power and the valorization of young talents.