A departure from FC Nantes seems inevitable for Alban Lafont, relegated down the hierarchy following the signing of Anthony Lopes and who is looking for a base to bounce back in January.
FC Nantes goalkeeper since July 2019 and his transfer from Fiorentina for 8 million euros, Alban Lafont is undoubtedly living his last moments in Loire-Atlantique. Relegated to the bench by Patrick Carlgren at the end of 2024, the former French junior international saw Anthony Lopes sign with the Canaries a few days ago to take his place. The message sent to the native of Ouagadougou is clear, we are no longer counting on him. Sidelined since the resumption at the end of December, Alban Lafont is invited to find a new club.
And the player under contract with the FCN until June 2027 perfectly grasped the message as he proved it on social networks. As captain of the club, Alban Lafont logically followed the FC Nantes club on Instagram…something he no longer does anymore. Indeed, the 25-year-old French goalkeeper has unfollowed the current 14th in Ligue 1, proof that the divorce is total between the two parties.
Lafont no longer wants to hear about Nantes
Disappointed by the attitude of his leaders who showed firmness in excluding him from the group at the start of 2025, Alban Lafont a priori no longer wants to hear about Waldemar Kita or the Canaries in general. It now remains to be seen whether the man who wore the Nantes colors 198 times will find a satisfactory project for him this month of January. In Ligue 1, the goalkeepers' waltz could guide him towards Lens, on the verge of losing Brice Samba. But the latest news, Alban Lafont was not the number 1 choice of the Sang et Or. The Nantes goalkeeper can also hope to relaunch abroad, he who remains followed by several European clubs after his move to Fiorentina between 2018 and 2019.
