The announcement was made on Sunday, during a seemingly quiet weekend between Christmas and New Year. Stade Malherbe Caen has chosen to part ways with Nicolas Seube, the most capped player in its history, who has become coach.
This decision causes new tremors within the Norman club, which was bought this summer by Kylian Mbappé and his family. While the SMC is 16th, President Ziad Hammoud, appointed by the Mbappé clan, has decided to act. “We have to move the lines because the club is not where it wants to be”he announced on December 20.
For Caen supporters, the brutal dismissal of the club’s emblematic full-back goes very badly.
“Nicolas Seube perfectly embodied this football of the past. Where the jersey had meaning and weight, where the club was in line with its region, where the players did not look down on the public. The one who made us love this sport. The one from which the SMC continues to move away…”regrets a lover of the club on social networks.
Angry Caen supporters
“Nicolas Seube is one of those rare people who give meaning to our fervor, expresses for its part the Malherbe Normandy Kop in a press release. We are disgusted to see him leave so soon, without him having had the opportunity to spend a full season at the head of the first team, or even to work with a team that matches our ambitions. »
To replace Seube, SM Caen opted for the Portuguese Bruno Miguel Nunes Baltazar, who was officiating in the Polish D1 just a few days ago. A choice which, again, arouses controversy.
“So, to embody the SM CAEN project we are going to look for a foreign coach who has changed clubs every season, we are firing Nicolas Seube without any consideration (human and professional),railed former coach Patrice Garande, who managed Caen between 2012 and 2018.There is reason to be concerned, both in substance and in form. » The Mbappé have their work cut out for them…
