This is information that made the volunteers and supporters of JA Drancy roar, but also all Football lovers. Traditionally, professional clubs traveling to amateur or lower level clubs leave their share of the revenue to their opponents like Lille on Friday evening at FC Rouen and Montpellier at Puy-en-Velay on Saturday evening despite being eliminated 4-0. But FC Nantes, for its part, decided to immediately claim the sum of 13,000 euros after the meeting. The Breton club had already done so in 2023 at AF Virois and in 2019 against Vitré. An act obviously very badly received by this National 3 club, but also by the Drancy town hall which sent a bloody message to the Canaries leaders.
“The management of FC Nantes is the shame of French football”
If the municipality has stepped up to the plate through a press release, it is because this will cause a hole of 40,000 euros in the club's accounts. “The unfair decision to deprive our club of playing at the Charles Sage stadium was motivated by the dangerousness of Nantes supporters. It forced JA DRANCY to pay tens of thousands of euros so that the match could at least be held in the department To this already hefty bill will be added that of the restoration of the Bauer stadium, damaged by some idiots from the Nantes parking lot who set it on fire. The FF – French Football Federation cannot remain silent in the face of this. this unacceptable situation.” At the end of the press release, the mayor of the town Aude Lagarde indicated that exceptional financial support will be voted on at the next municipal council and calls on all institutions, partners and lovers of the Drance club to do the same.
The Kita family justifies itself
Faced with this controversy concerning his club's decision, Franck Kita, the general director of FC Nantes, justified himself in the columns of Le Parisien: “We had decided that we would remove our travel costs, bus and hotel, from our share of revenue. And if there had been a balance on this share, we would have left it to the club. But this share did not even pay half of our costs. […] No one came to see us or introduce themselves as leader of Drancy. However, I was at the edge of the pitch during the entire warm-up. We were not invited to any lounge and we went to sit in the middle of the stands.”
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To summarize
FC Nantes, victorious 4-0 over JA Drancy, did not leave the revenue of the match to the Ile-de-France club. Enough to make the town hall of Drancy react, which sent a salty message to the Canaris leaders. She highlights the nice gesture of the players who came to donate their jerseys but denounces the 13,000 euros demanded immediately after the meeting. To deal with this financial hole that will be caused, the mayor of the city will vote for exceptional financial support at the next municipal council and calls on the French Football Federation not to remain silent in the face of this situation.
