- Feeling cramped à la Jonelière, Waldemar Kita has in mind to build his training center outside of Nantes metropolis.
- The Nantes president is currently negotiating with private owners for land in Pont-Saint-Martin.
- But according to the town hall, "FC Nantes must be in Nantes"
Even if nothing has been signed to date, the move of the FC Nantes training center and training center to the town of Pont-Saint-Martin is on the right track, according to our information. Nantes Métropole, owner of the grounds and buildings of the José-Arribas de la Jonelière center, still hopes to convince the club not to leave Nantes. But discussions between the two sides are now stalled.
"Discussions are suspended," confirms Pascal Bolo, vice-president of Nantes Métropole and assistant to the mayor of Nantes. First of all because the Architect of Buildings of France put a fairly strict veto on the possibilities of evolution on the site of Jonelière. Then because FC Nantes is working on another project elsewhere. "
"FC Nantes must be in Nantes"
The community has formulated proposals (provision of land at the Basses-Landes playground) allowing the FCN to have additional space while remaining in the City of Dukes, but "it did not follow up" , recognizes Pascal Bolo.
“FC Nantes is part of the identity of our city. For us, FC Nantes must be in Nantes ", insists the deputy mayor, scratching the passage the hypothesis of a transfer from the club to the South Loire:" I can hardly imagine the kids from the football school going tomorrow in Pont-Saint-Martin. Unlike the Jonelière or the Lower Landes, this is not an easy affair. "
Critics of A La Nantaise
In a press release published on Monday, A La Nantaise, an association of lovers of FC Nantes, "regrets the total lack of transparency and concerted action on the part of Nantes Métropole regarding the development of the José-Arribas training center, a public good to which Nantes residents are particularly attached ”.
Denouncing a "negligence" on the part of the metropolis, the association recalls that "major developments, sometimes after some negotiations, have been possible in this sector of the banks of the Erdre in recent years (new nautical base, hall XXL, soon CREPS and a parking relay) ".
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