“Pro clubs are not cash cows”, the Nantes president responds to Drancy fans on the Coupe de France recipe

Contrary to custom, FC Nantes did not leave JA Drancy, an amateur club in the fifth division, with the ticket revenue (26,000 euros, 3,400 spectators) after the victory of the Canaries (4-0) at the Stade-Bauer in Saint-Ouen. A gesture which provoked the bitterness of the management of the National club.

“We are going to make a transfer to the people of Nantes of 13,000 euros while the club has a budget of several tens of millions of euros. For us, the trip to the Bauer stadium and all the expenses incurred will cost us 40,000 euros. We will undoubtedly have to pay a large protective net to the Red Star manager, because the Nantes ultras burned him after the match. explained to the Parisian Alain Melaye, the president of the club eliminated in the 32nd final.

Comments which did not please his counterpart Waldemar Kita, justifying himself on this position. “Neither the president of Drancy nor anyone from his club introduced themselves to us or welcomed us! I find it a lack of good manners. And we were left aside, alone in the stadium. I'm not complaining, but you have to be respectful and polite. It would have been better if he had welcomed us and explained certain things to us, perhaps it would have happened differently”said the businessman, quoted L'Equipe.

“It’s not because we are professionals that we don’t have the right to respect

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“It’s not because we are professionals that we don’t have the right to respect, professional clubs are not cash cows […] I'm not even responsible for financial matters, there are people at the club responsible for that and they throw me out. I know I'm the pet peeve, but we shouldn't exaggerate anyway.added the Nantes president for whom this affair seems to be in the past and his gaze turned towards the championship where his team occupies a worrying 16th place at the break.