” It’s a real pleasure to come back to Ligue 1 “. These are the first words, this Thursday, of Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik, the new recruit of FC Metz, during his presentation to the press.
After spending five years in Turkey, the former central defender of Toulouse and Rennes in particular, signed up to the end of the season with the club at the Croix de Lorraine.
He comes to reinforce the rear guard of the Garnets, handicapped by the Tunisian Dylan Bronn and Malian Kiki Kouyaté leave for the Africa Cup of Nations.
The 32-year-old Cameroonian international has been training with FC Metz for almost 2 months. He also participated in two friendlies, against Sedan and Kaiserslautern.
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Like father, like son
More than 32 years after his father, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik will therefore wear the garnet jersey. With the Kana-Biyik, FC Metz, it’s a family affair.
Philippe Gaillot, the deputy general manager of FC Metz, did not hesitate to recall it. Since he rubbed shoulders with Jean-André Kana-Biyik at the end of the 80s. And between the dad and his son, there are also some footballing common points
Both have great athleticism and they put a lot of commitment on the pitch.
Like his father, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik also wore the Le Havre jersey, his training club. And to relaunch his career, stopped for several months, nothing like this garnet challenge, in the footsteps of his dad.
Coming back to my hometown and where my dad played, that makes sense. It was written !
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik will be able to play from Sunday. His contract has been approved and he will therefore be able to challenge the Strasbourg neighbor.
Antonetti, an underside coach!
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik also found in Lorrain, the trainer Fred Antonetti, whom he had worked with in Rennes. For the Metz recruit, the Corsican technician is ” hard, but fair “!