It's difficult to find your way around. As is often the case with the Kita family in Nantes. In the tough Ligue 1 where the Loire club is in a pitiful 14th place after a terrible series marked by 10 unsuccessful matches from September to the beginning of December, the time to turn the page seemed to have come this week. And a 17th coach – with two stints for Michel Der Zakarian and Kombouaré – in 17 years of Waldemar Kita's presidency seemed about to arrive. But the Nantes board has obviously not found the suitable profile.
Sergio Conceiçao, who particularly distinguished himself on the Nantes bench between December 2016 and June 2017 (7th), initially refused the proposal. Then Habib Beye, free since this summer and his departure from Red Star where he won the 2023-24 National champion title, would not have convinced the bosses of the Canaries, according to The Team. Faced with this situation, Antoine Kombouaré would have managed to regain the trust of his bosses after a long meeting on Friday.
Enough to wonder about the future. Can Antoine Kombouaré work calmly in this context? How will the Nantes group behave, while their coach seemed to be in an ejection seat? And will Antoine Kombouaré manage to maintain the confidence of his protégés to guide them once again to maintain their position? First elements of response this Saturday against Drancy, even if we will have to wait until January to really see things more clearly.
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