Tensions between the management of FC Nantes and their coach, Antoine Kombouaré, seem to be growing as the deadline before the closing of the summer transfer market approaches. If the Kanak must have breathed a sigh of relief this Friday evening, after Ludovic Blas finally changed his mind to stay on the banks of the Erdre, he nevertheless expressed the urgency of the situation to his management, which he did not spare in front of the media. “We never agree on the profiles“, he plagues. Explanations.
“The boss of the sportsman is me”
The media release of the 58-year-old technician owes nothing to chance. After three days, his group has only won two small units in the league and it seems very fair to be competitive in Ligue 1 and the Europa League. “It is clear that today we need at least four players“, estimates Kombouaré. That is more than since the opening of the transfer window and the challenge promises to be all the more complex as disagreements with his management seem deep. “For the moment, the proposed names do not suit mehe reveals. We must not lie to each other, my files do not pass and theirs [ceux de la direction] no more. I block them all. We don’t agree on the profiles, ever.”
No player enters the locker room without my consent, otherwise he trains on the other side of the road.
The release of Kombouaré has not been to everyone’s taste internally and the friction is likely to continue until September 1, midnight. Even beyond. “Here, it always accelerates at the end of the transfer window, but you have to be careful not to make a mistakecontinues the one who begins his sixteenth season on a Ligue 1 bench. That’s why it’s a bit complicated. I knew it from the start, this transfer window period is complicated.” But the Kanak still refuses to give in or compromise. He says it and repeats it:the boss of the sportsman, it’s me“. Before ensuring that he will leave the club, the day he will no longer be a decision maker. In the meantime, “no player enters the locker room without my consent, otherwise he trains on the other side of the road“, loose Antoine Kombouaré. Atmosphere.