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The French coach of Nantes, Antoine Kombouaré, cut short a press conference this Thursday, January 2, before the resumption match in Ligue 1 in Lille.
FOOTBALL – “You are completely wrong. » Angry at the journalists who speculated for several weeks about his future at the head of FC Nantes, coach Antoine Kombouaré cut short the press conference this Thursday, January 2, before the resumption match in Ligue 1 in Lille, SATURDAY.
Very tense but also clearly moved, the technician remained in front of the press for less than three minutes, for a long monologue, before getting up and leaving the press room at the Jonelière center.
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“You wrote a lot of things, I didn't take them into account because it was a difficult situation, for the club for me, it was therefore normal, given the results we had”he said regarding the first articles reporting threats to his position, after the defeat (0-2) at home against Le Havre at the end of November.
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The management of Nantes then contacted the entourage of Sergio Conceiçao, who had already passed through Beaujoire, but who ultimately refused the position to join AC Milan on December 30.
An agreement in principle was then reached with Habib Beye but, faced with the latter's difficulty in putting together a complete staff, Nantes finally turned around and chose to continue with Kombouaré when the team resumed.
“I let you work, but I simply withdraw”
After weeks of tension, Kanak sharply attacked the press who had, according to him, taken his departure for granted. “I made a decision today, for you journalists to question yourselves, you are not going to agree but I don’t really care”he began.
“What bothers me is that you were all unanimous, and above all categorical, on the fact that today I will no longer be the coach of FC Nantes”he said.
“You messed up, and behind that, it can’t happen like that, without consequences”he judged again, explaining that he had waited in vain for a written mea culpa or a “phone call, at least to apologize, at least to explain”.
“If I stay here, I tell you, I will be unpleasant, I will even be mean, but I do not want to be here today in this press conference”he argued. “So you are going to act as if I was not there (…) I will let you work, but I will simply withdraw”he concluded before getting up and leaving.
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