A meager victory in five matches: this is the results of FC Nantes since the start of the season in Ligue 1. Conversely, the Canaries have already conceded three defeats and currently point to a disturbing 16e Place with four points on the clock.
This start to the season is in line with the previous exercise, concluded that a 13e Place with only three points on the barragist square. However, according to Mostafa Mohamed, the situation has changed this summer and FC Nantes can look up. As a result of Antoine Kombouaré's departure and his replacement by Luis Castro.
“You will see, this year, FC Nantes will not play the maintenance but a European qualification, because we can have a lot of ambitions with this new coach, who brings a lot of consideration to his players and who has a winning mentality”he launched in an interview with Ouest France.
“Antoine Kombouaré is the worst coach I have had”
This change of coach also convinced him to stay at the club while his departure, after a particularly difficult season, seemed to be heard. “The reason I stayed in Nantes, it was because Luis Castro told me that he trusted me and that we could help each other”,
He explained before saying all the harm he thought of the Kanak technician: “Antoine Kombouaré is the worst trainer I had. He is the one with whom I thought of leaving. I had put it in balance: if Kombouaré remained, I was leaving. »»
Mostafa Mohamed has obviously very badly lived to have sometimes been reduced to a replacement role following the emergence of Matthis Albine, Antoine Kombouaré not hesitating to dismiss it from the group before a match against Saint-Etienne. But the situation therefore changed with Luis Castro. “I am someone who needs to feel that I am trusted and when Luis Castro arrived, I immediately felt that he believed in me. So I decided to stay ”he said.
