Waldemar Kita's incendiary response to the president of JA Drancy

Clearly, the question of revenue between professional and amateur clubs in the Coupe de France is ripe for quarrels. This weekend, it was FC Nantes which provoked the wrath of JA Drancy after refusing to pay its ticket revenue to the Seine-Saint-Denis club. In an incendiary outing, the president of the National 3 club, Alain Melaye, did not spare Waldemar Kita and the attitude of the Nantes club which left its opponent of the weekend with a large sum to pay following the organization of this 32nd final which took place at the Bauer stadium in Saint-Ouen.

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This Monday, the president of FC Nantes reacted and did not spare his counterpart: “what is said is not very correct on his part, because if you want to discuss something, you have to be correct with people and welcome them well. 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 gone differently. It's not because we are professionals that we do not have the right to respect, professional clubs are not cash cows. We were very disappointed with the way we were received, he (the president of Drancy, editor's note) did not come to see me, we did not have a coffee or a drink together, we must not dirty the people like that. 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 a pet peeve, but we shouldn't exaggerate anyway.» The message got through.