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Budget, Universita, Simon… What we need to remember the oral from Franck Kita


Franck Kita, the general manager of FC Nantes. — Arnaud Duret/ FC Nantes

  • On Tuesday, Franck Kita, general manager of NCF, has swept away all the hot topics of the moment.
  • He obviously was a question of the finance of the club and of the suspicion of tax evasion which weighs on the president of nantes, Waldemar Kita.
  • The DG also announced that Philippe Mao was promoted to sports coordinator of the club.

Health crisis requires, Franck Kita held its autumn conference in videoconferencing, on Tuesday. The director-general’s delegate
FC Nantes, installed in the panel from the press room of the Universita, spoke for nearly fifty minutes, returning most often to the coach
Christian Gourcuff for the questions about the mercato. Selected pieces of this long press conference.

Franck Kita is in favour of a recovery

Everyone repeats except us. It is a shame for the players, the public, and a shame for French football. Today, we can see that we would have been able to return to the championship.

What about the club’s finances ?

The health crisis (and its consequences on the rights tv in particular) will impact all the French clubs. We will not have particular difficulties. This will not put the club in a economic stress. We are going to spend 65 million euros to 75 million euros of budget.

The investigation for suspicion of tax fraud relating to Waldemar Kita

It is in a normal procedure. Our lawyers have already responded. We will not extend the tax position of the president. We will focus on the athlete. There will be no impact for the club. It is a tax audit with classical, conventional measures.

Louza and Simon on the start ?

We want to keep all our best players. Louza has revealed the last year. He needs to stay at the club and grow. You need him. Simon ? It has just raised the purchase option. He is very happy to stay with us. There will be talk of his departure later, but not this year.

What are our ambitions for the coming season ?

It is really necessary that one installs in the first part of table. We see that every year, one is able to do beautiful things, all the years, it is not far away… It was such a great first part of the season last year, but the winter we are always a bit complicated.

A year ago, there was talk of a sale of the club…

He has had this opportunity (LFE, a pension fund in switzerland had been interested by the NCF) last year, but it is an old story. With my father, one loves the club, we did the best possible with our means. We do not seek to separate, on the contrary, it seeks to develop.

A promotion for Philippe Mao

Philippe Mao (head of the unit of recruitment) had already the function, but not even the title (sports coordinator). He will be responsible for coordinating the women, the academy and the professionals. It is a role that we didn’t today. It took a certain scale today at the club. This is the reason why it was decided to appoint to this position.

A departure from the Universita ?

Regarding the possible move of the training centre, we are working on a number of options, but there’s nothing really concrete. The club grows, the pros have other requirements, the training center may not claim the new categories. One is restricted and the girls take a lot more space. In this situation, it is logical to think of something else. We are willing that the whole family of FC Nantes is at the same place. And here, we can’t be satisfied. We have an aging infrastructure, there is a lack of space in the offices and we do not know where to put people. Whatsoever for the administrative or the athlete, one is faced with many constraints. You’re looking for, but the health crisis has slowed down. The subject has not advanced.

The event Mogi Bayat (agent very influential at the club)

Each club has its network of agents. It is like that. Philippe Mao became the sports coordinator, he will work in close collaboration with all sectors of sports club and always in relationship with management. It is he and the coach have the final word on the recruitment of players. Mogi Bayat works very well and has a reputation in Europe as a whole. But, it is independent. One does what one wants. It especially wants to meet the coach. It is an agent we work with, but it is not him who negotiates all of the folders. Those who are negotiating are the president and I, with the approval of the coach.

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