If he wanted the arrival of Amine Salama (Stade de Reims, 24 years old) to strengthen the FC Nantes attack, Antoine Kombouaré was not heard.
Gnatius Ganago left for MLS with the New England Revolution, FC Nantes, during this winter transfer window, began looking for a complementary striker to support Matthis Abline and Mostafa Mohamed. On this position, Antoine Kombouaré had validated the arrival of Amine Salama (Stade de Reims, 24 years old). While everything was tied up between the two clubs on the basis of a paying loan (€300,000) with an almost automatic purchase option (€5.5 million), the Football Club de Nantes finally chose to cancel the deal.
The failure of the Salama file, a message to Kombouaré
The daily Ouest-France has since provided the reasons why this offensive file was finally closed, to the great dismay of the Canaries coach, Antoine Kombouaré. The regional daily thus speaks of “big internal differences” around the profile of the former Angevin, far from being unanimous among all the decision-makers within the Canaries. Knowing that the general director of Nantes, Franck Kita, is very often on the side of his coach and has settled the deal with Reims, we guess that this about-face comes from the one who signs the checks…
And for Ikoné?
This decision taken by president Waldemar Kita can therefore be read as a clear message to Antoine Kombouaré, reinforced in his functions in December after coming very close to taking the door: at the club, we are clearly not ready to commit over time with the reinforcements he requires. Not necessarily reassuring for the rest of the winter transfer window. The file of the former LOSC attacking midfielder, Jonathan Ikoné (currently at Fiorentina), mentioned at FC Nantes for a few hours, will allow us to know if Antoine Kombouaré and Waldemar Kita are this time on the same wavelength.
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