It was the resumption at FC Nantes this Wednesday morning with only 16 players present for the first session.
Franck Kita, CEO of the club, and coach Antoine Kombouaré spoke about the transfer window, but not only.
A recovery in the rain and in a small committee at FC Nantes.
This Wednesday morning, there were more journalists than players at La Jonelière for the return of the Canaries to training.
Sixteen players, including three goalkeepers, felt the ball a little bit.
Fabio, sick, was absent just like Chirivella, for personal reasons.
The internationals - Castelletto, Simon, Moutoussamy - weren't there either.
They are allowed to return on July 8.
After a session of a big hour, coach Antoine Kombouaré appeared before the press, accompanied by Franck Kita, the deputy general manager of the FCN.
An hour of questions and answers to scan the club's hot and less hot news.
20 Minutes
has compiled what to remember from the first press briefing of the season.
A limited workforce, but "no worries" for Kombouaré
“There is no concern, immediately swept aside coach Antoine Kombouaré, when he was told that there is no attacker currently in his workforce.
I trust management.
We will work to recruit.
We have time.
23-24 players would be good, we need a competitive squad.
“The young people (Yepie-Yepie, Achi, Manvelayn, Voisine and Doucet at the resumption this morning) will have a card to play to hear Kombouaré.
Affamah, reserve striker who scored 10 goals last season in N2, is not part of the pro group.
"He didn't do the right thing last season.
But, it is not excluded.
He still has to work, be better and develop his qualities to hope to come.
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An incredibly calm transfer window
This is the first time since the summer of 2013 that there were no recruits during a recovery.
Franck Kita clarified that a player should arrive soon.
Even if he did not show it in front of the press, Antoine Kombouaré would be a little annoyed by the absence of reinforcements one month before the final of the Champions Trophy against PSG.
The Kanak indicated that he had said no to leads.
Bukari, whom he wanted to keep, finally signed with the Red Star of Belgrade and the management did not wish to exercise the option to buy Cyprien for 8.5 million euros (back in Parma ).
"I don't think the lack of a recruitment cell is a brake", defended Franck Kita this Wednesday morning.
In the meantime, the management, accompanied by the agent Mogi Bayat who is still present behind the scenes,
seems to navigate in a certain form of unpreparedness during this summer transfer window.
Which doesn't mean she won't do well like she was able to do with Simon in 2019.
Exit vouchers for Simon, Blas and Lafont
Antoine Kombouaré was very clear about the three hot issues of the summer.
“Simon, Lafont and Blas have an exit voucher.
If there are offers that suit everyone, they will leave.
If they are still with us, they will be part of the squad and we will work with them.
“The coach nevertheless indicated that if the results in August were bad, we would have to “be careful”, implying to keep these elements of talent…
FC Nantes did not look for a goalkeeper in the event of the departure of the former Toulousain.
“Alban Lafont he left to stay, dropped the Kanak.
He is very happy with us… ”As for Moses Simon, according to RMC, the striker has agreed with Nice.
According to
20 Minutes
, the Riviera club has made an offer (of 10 million euros) to the FCN for the Nigerian.
which was refused.
La Beaujoire non-compliant for the Europa League?
At the beginning of June, a UEFA delegation visited the Beaujoire stadium and asked for safety improvements to be made.
The European body is calling in particular for 54 connected turnstiles to be installed at the entrances to Beaujoire.
“We are the only ones in L1 with Ajaccio not to have turnstiles, explained Franck Kita.
We had to rent turnstiles from Roland-Garros.
It's shame, but it's the truth.
The FCN will therefore install 34, which is obviously not enough.
The management secretly hopes to benefit from an exemption…
Vair-sur-Loire, "blocked" file
The move of the Jonelière training center to Vair-sur-Loire, about thirty minutes from Nantes?
We hadn't heard of this file for weeks.
Franck Kita spoke about it at length.
"La Jonelière is no longer in the Elite category, but in category 1. There are three alternatives: either enlarge the Jonelière, but we can't do much because the site is classified, or have the women train, the young people and the pros each in their corner, or go elsewhere with everyone together.
We had found and worked on land in Vair-sur-Loire, but the prefect started proceedings before the administrative court, which could be very long.
So we are clearly stuck.
The Deputy CEO took the opportunity to open the door to better relations with the elected officials of Nantes Métropole, with whom his father,
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