When Kylian Mbappé and his family bought Stade Malherbe Caen last summer, they probably imagined having got hold of an ambitious club in Ligue 2, cut for the climb. But a few months later, it is rather the national who is looming for the Normans.
Holders of 80% of the club via the company Interconnected Ventures, the Mbappé did the cleaning upon their arrival, by ousting President Olivier Pickeu and the sports director Yohan Eudeline, in particular. And who runs the club now? As we can see in the investigation carried out by So Foot, this is a big question.
A president was appointed, Ziad Hammoud, but he did not come from the world of football, and is not present daily in Caen. Kylian Mbappé, of course, does not have time to manage current affairs. And his family? “We say the player of the player, Fayza Lamari, very interventionist, but few employees meet her in the offices”writing So foot.
Mbappés taken to task
Caen supporters have not hidden their anger for several weeks, challenging the Mbappé with their banners deployed in the stands. The sidelining of coach Nicolas Seabe, a local legend, was very badly lived. And the arrival in early January of a new recruitment director, Reda Hammache (ex-Red Star), was not enough to stop the negative spiral.
The situation is very serious, and it is the crisis on all floors of the club. Without a championship victory for more than three months, Caen is a red Ligue 2 lantern, already 10 points behind the barragist. And Ouest-France recently mentioned the possibility of a social plan. “” No one sleeps anymore, admits an employee interviewed by SO Foot. Employees feel in danger. The players are paralyzed, they'can make two passes more… ”
