FC Nantes must beat Angers and count on a defeat of Auxerre to stay in Ligue 1. The future of a hundred employees is uncertain, and on the side of the Canaries, we are starting to worry.
The only certainty this Saturday, when the kick-off of the multiplex of the 38th day of Ligue 1 will be given, FC Nantes will be relegated. Waldemar Kita’s club is indeed 17th in the standings and is 2 points behind AJ Auxerre. Nantes must therefore imperatively beat Angers, and at the same time hope for a draw or a defeat for AJA against Lens. For the players, the staff and the leaders, the tension is enormous, but what about the Nantes employees, aware that their personal future can be decided in 90 minutes. A few hours before the match, tongues are loosened, and in West Francesome staff members admit to feeling left out.
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” Usually, I’m in solidarity with the team, but I can’t do it anymore. The final was a humiliation, a horror to live for all. People would have liked a little word from the players on social networks. There is such a split between the athlete and the employees… We feel abandoned. They hold the keys to our future. They will sign contracts elsewhere when we can lose our jobs “, admits, in the regional daily, an employee of FC Nantes on condition of anonymity. Because it is obvious that a relegation to Ligue 1 will have a financial impact, and can lead to a purge in the offices.
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However, still according to Ouest-France, on the side of Waldemar Kita, even if the club is relegated this Saturday evening, no major social plan is envisaged. ” The trend would be status quo even in the event of a descent. At least during the first season in Ligue 2. There is more talk of a brake on the expansion of the club. Some potential hires would then be frozen “says the media. In other words, the owner of FC Nantes gives himself a season to decide what he will do in the event of a descent into Ligue 2.
