Tuesday, 12th July, 2011
French goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier has revealed that he could have chosen to move to Manchester City instead of Saint-Etienne.
The 24-year-old recently left relegated Monaco, opting to ink a four-year contract with Saint-Etienne, and the shot-stopper claimed his main reason for heading to the Stade Geoffroy Guichard in preference to Eastlands was first team football.
"My agent even received a call from Manchester City", said Ruffier.
"But for me the priority was to play for Saint-Etienne because I favoured the team.
"What interested me more was to play."
At Saint-Etienne Ruffier now faces the task of trying to dislodge incumbent Jeremie Janot.
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