FC Nantes is not escaping the crisis that French football is going through due to the drastic drop in TV rights. Enough to revive the rumors of a possible sale by Waldemar Kita.
Owner of the Nantes club for 17 years, Waldemar Kita has not injected a lot of money into the club’s coffers for very poor sporting results, even if the Canaries still won the Coupe de France in 2022. However, the businessman is not liked by the supporters’ associations and he knows it very well. This does not prevent him from entrusting the role of president to his son, Franck. And when in The teamhe is asked about the possibility of a sale of FC Nantes and a rapid departure, Waldemar Kita has no hesitation. Even if the situation is very complex for his club, as for other Ligue 1 teams, he does not want to mess up everything and see the club pass into the hands of an investor incapable of assuming the financial weight of a team.
Nantes will not be sold urgently
In the sports daily, Waldemar Kita therefore completely, or almost, rejects the possibility of a sale of Nantes and specifies that he has not asked emissaries to find a buyer. “ I have never mandated anyone and I have never been in negotiations with anyone serious. There are people who call me and want the club for free. That means they can’t maintain it. You need a solid project and the finances that follow. If I think someone can do better than me, I have no problem with that. What if I imagine myself in Nantes for a long time? Me maybe not, but Franck, yes, so it’s the same », specifies the businessman Franco-Polish. Potential candidates for the takeover of FC Nantes must therefore have real financial guarantees and prove it.
