With Corchia and Augustin, has the FCN played (a little) in the lottery?

Sébastien Corchia and Jean-Kevin Augustin.

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• Just before midnight on Monday, the FCN management signed two players, well known in French football: Sébastien Corchia and Jean-Kevin Augustin.

• The two players have experienced very complicated courses for several seasons.

• The former Le Mans defender was injured a lot while the former PSG striker did not always behave as he should during his various experiences.

The summer transfer window has never stretched over such a long period this year.

However, the management of FC Nantes found a way to conclude two files (in addition to Jean-Charles Castelletto and Pedro Chirivella in June) a few hours from the final gong.

As for the first two recruits, the FCN has hired free elements for three and two years respectively: Sébastien Corchia (29 years old) and Jean-Kevin Augustin (23 years old).

Two players, known and recognized by their intrinsic footballing qualities, but remaining over several seasons very complicated, not to say mediocre in terms of playing time. The FCN offered two bets, escorted by their share of uncertainties and risks.

Sébastien Corchia comes out of a long tunnel

July 2017, Sébastien Corchia, who honored his first and only selection with the Blues a few months earlier, leaves the grayness of Lille for the sun of Sevilla FC (for 5 million euros).

Paradoxically, the former defender of Le Mans will hardly ever see the light after his signing in Andalusia.

"He left no memory, said François David,

correspondent

in Spain.

Everyone has already forgotten it.

It's a shame, but we've never seen it.

“His first 22 La Liga season with Sevilla is marked by injuries.

Then, a long tunnel marked with more injuries with a loan to Benfica (8 games) then to Espanyol de Barcelona (7 games).

Last December, he had an arthroscopy operation on his right knee.

Consequence: the former Lille has not played a single high-level match for a year, the health crisis not having helped him.

“It was only injured in Spain, believe me, defends Alain Pascalou, ex-technical director of Le Mans.

He has an irreproachable hygiene of life.

Her dad is also a physiotherapist.

"If Corchia recovers all her physical capacities, the FCN will have in its workforce" a side must be focused on the offensive, which could be very well in the 4-4-2 of Gourcuff ", according to the former technician from Le Mans, who is remembers a "model player".

Jean-Kevin Augustin at the relaunch (episode 3)

An ex-close friend of Jean-Kevin Augustin at the time of PSG (pro from 2015 to 2017): “Jean-Kevin is powerful, fast.

He is a deep player and a real finisher, but not an attacker who wins a lot and who can serve as a binder in the game. Frankly, he can please Christian Gourcuff.

“No wonder the Nantes coach has validated the profile of the former Parisian titi, 23 years old.

The technical profile has enough to seduce the Breton, his sulphurous reputation and his last failed experiences (in Monaco and Leeds) much less.

Trained and revealed to PSG, he signed his first professional contract in 2015, before leaving two years later for Leipzig to obtain more playing time. In his first season, he compiled 9 goals and 5 assists in eleven starts. .

Poor performances associated with behavioral problems took him further and further away from the pro team in 2018-2019.

He is loaned to Monaco in September 2019 (10 appearances in five months) then Leeds (3 games) in January 2019. In England, “he injured his hamstrings and then with the health crisis, he could not get back in shape 100%, explains Philippe Hay, English journalist.

Marcelo Bielsa [Leeds coach] appeared to be losing patience with him and his loan was not extended until the end of the season.

“A return to Lepzig which created a legal imbroglio between the two clubs.

Among the Blues, it was not a long quiet river either.

Augustin was excluded from the French hopefuls team in September 2017 for having spoken badly to the coach, Sylvain Ripoll, then refused a selection at the Bleuets a year later.

Better surrounded (his agent is Meïssa N'diaye) it seems now, Jean-Kevin Augustin comes to Nantes to relaunch a stalled career for a little over two years.

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