Franck Kita, Deputy Managing Director of the FCN.

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Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

  • During the presentation of Antoine Kombouaré, who was appointed to replace Raymond Domenech on the Nantes bench, Franck Kita, the CEO of the FCN, explained himself on the deleterious context around the club.

  • The son of the Nantes president said he was "not listening" to a possible plan to take over the FCN.

For the presentation of Antoine Kombouaré, the 19th coach of the Kita era, the media would have liked to question President Waldemar Kita, but it was ultimately his son, Franck, CEO of the club who presented himself at the desk.

The “Kita circus” - the name given by some supporters to the FCN was inevitably mentioned.

"When you are in a situation like this, with the experience that you have after so many years at the head of the club, you should not worry too much about what you are saying and the environment external.

You just have to try to get results and move forward.

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In this such deleterious climate around the FCN, Franck Kita assures us: “We are owners so we cannot stop when we want to.

We love the club.

A last sentence - repeated several times - which will enrage many Nantes supporters, exasperated by the state of decay in which the club has been sailing for almost fourteen years.

FK again: “It's like in life, there are ups and downs, you have to face them.

That's what we do, we have always been responsible.

Yes, it's a difficult season, it's not been going very well for a number of months, but that's not the reason why we want to leave.

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Moreover, if a possible buyer knocks on the door of the FCN offices in Paris, will the Kita family listen?

“I'm listening to nothing at all, it's our club, we love the club.

Whatever happens outside, frankly, I don't care.

It doesn't panic me, we're totally used to it.

If in life you start to leave or cry at every difficult moment, you have to stay home.

However, in the entourage very close to the Nantes president, he would be encouraged to lend an attentive ear to possible plans for a takeover ...

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Why did Domenech not work?

“The transplant did not take, considers Franck Kita.

From there, you have to know how to accept your mistakes and react quickly because there aren't many games left, but enough to keep up.

Things did not go as expected and the results bear witness to it.

When we see the team gradually slipping, we decided to react and I'm sure we made the right choice. "

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