Lost for lost, Waldemar Kita had decided to settle his scores. While FC Nantes seems condemned to relegation to Ligue 2, the president of the Canaries let loose in an interview with Eurosport.
In addition to recalling all his financial efforts towards the eight-time French champion club, Kita had taken a dig at one of his (many) former coaches, Luis Castro. He thus confided the recruitment of the former Dunkirk coach at the start of the season was his main mistake. “This coach (currently at Levante, editor’s note) will bring down two clubs in the same year. I shouldn’t have taken this trainer without experience. »
The observation is quite brutal, and rather unfair. If Castro has his share of responsibility for the situation in Nantes, his successors on the bench have not done better. And in Spain, he succeeded in relaunching Levante, which still has a chance of maintaining itself, while the Valencian club was in a very precarious situation when the Portuguese coach arrived.
Kita clarifies on Castro
In a press release published this Monday, Waldemar Kita decided to change his tune. “Following the publication of a recent interview, some of my comments were the subject of interpretations which do not correspond to my thoughts. I want to reiterate this clearly: I have no animosity towards Luis Castro,” he assures.
“Luis Castro is a football man and a professional and it was never my intention to denigrate him, promises Kita father. The sporting difficulties encountered this season are collective and involve the entire club, starting with myself as President. As a football man myself, I hope that the prestigious Levante club will succeed at the end of the championship. »
