In After Foot, on RMC Sports Daniel Riolo went behind the scenes of the negotiations between Habib Beye and FC Nantes.
Ready to sign as the new coach of FC Nantes, Habib Beye nevertheless remained on the floor. Daniel Riolo, the editorialist for RMC Sport, provides answers to this failure to replace Antoine Kombouaré.
“Obviously they wanted to fire him, that it was confirmed,” assured the editorialist in the After on Monday evening. “They spoke with Conceicao but there was never really any question of him coming. On the other hand, with Habib Beye, it was complete except that in the constitution of the staff, he did not have a performance manager. When the Kitas knew that there was perhaps the possibility that Grégory Dupont would come (with Beye) – who is a big name among performance managers – it excited them a little because he worked with Zidane and he is extremely respected. The Beye clan called Greg Dupont to see if he was coming but he told them he couldn’t decide that quickly. Kita called (Beye) back in the evening: ‘he (Dupont) is coming or not?’. ‘No, maybe he won’t come.’ “Oh no, we’ll let it go then.” But who is important, the physical preparation or the coach? It’s all the madness of the Kita family. »
According to Daniel Riolo, “everything went wrong” for Beye while Kombouaré’s fate was resolved at that time. “Before things went wrong, Kombouaré, it was 100% over,” he insists.
“Habib Beye was in Paris and he was told to come to Nantes the next day, Friday 20, to make the presentation before going on the bench for the (Coupe de France) match against Drancy. Beye said: ‘no, I can’t take the team like that, I won’t have time, put in a temporary worker from the club’. The leaders said: ‘oh yes, maybe we will do that’. In the end, things fail because he can’t free Greg Dupont. »
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