Antoine Kombouaré returned after Nantes' draw at Lille (1-1) on his huge rant given at a press conference two days before his team's trip to the North.
Thursday, the press conference was lunar at FC Nantes two days before the match against Lille. Antoine Kombouaré, angry with the journalists, refused to answer questions and was content with a short two-minute monologue. The Nantes coach criticizes the media in particular for the way in which they have treated the subject of his future in recent days, writing in particular that mass was said for Antoine Kombouaré and that the latter was going to leave Nantes. Despite very advanced negotiations with Sergio Conceiçao then Habib Beye, the Kita family ultimately retained the former PSG coach, due to lack of agreement with the new AC MIlan coach or with the Canal+ consultant. After the draw against Lille (1-1), Antoine Kombouaré returned to his controversial remarks and notably explained that he understood 100% the position of his leaders, who met coaches to succeed him. However, he still does not tolerate the way in which the information was treated by the press.
“I know too well what happens in a club when you are poorly ranked. I myself told Franck Kita to meet coaches, it's completely normal. I do my job and the managers do their job, it's normal. The problem with the press is that they spent their time saying that I am no longer the coach of FC Nantes. They never spoke in the conditional. I'm just asking for an apology when we're wrong. But they don't want to do it. I'm not going to show up at a press conference, tell them it's okay, happy new year, etc. I'm waiting for them to say they were wrong. That's why I came out, but there's no anger. Leaders do their job. If tomorrow someone tells me to stop, they pay me what I have left and I'm happy, very happy. Life is beautiful, I never complain, we are privileged” reacted Antoine Kombouaré at the microphone of DAZN. Franck Kita at least knows that he has the green light to negotiate with a new coach, even if the general director of FC Nantes probably did not wait for him to look for a successor to Antoine Kombouaré during the winter.
