Relegation is becoming clearer for Nantes. At the dawn of the 31e day of Ligue 1, the FCN is at 17e place in the championship, five lengths behind the play-off Auxerre, and must face three potentially European clubs by the end of the season: Rennes (5e), Marseille (6e) and Lens (2e), before ending this 2025-2026 exercise against Toulouse (11e).
Ligue 2 therefore seems the most likely outcome for the Canaries. Whose fault is it? To Waldemar Kita, respond without hesitation the supporters, who point the finger at the mismanagement of the Nantes president in recent years, in particular this season with three different coaches: Luis Castro, Ahmed Kantari and, since March, Vahid Halilhodzic.
But he denies any responsibility in the emerging fiasco.
“Today we are going to go down because I let everything happen”he says in a long interview with Eurosport,
” on “ to have almost nothing to reproach oneself for.
“I made bad choices of recruiter (Baptiste Drouet) and coach (Luis Castro)”he barely admits.
Waldemar Kita defends his management of FC Nantes
“They came together and said to me: ‘President, let us do it, let us do it.’ I let it happen. This is where we are today”continues the Polish businessman, aged 72, who invested “a lot of money” in FC Nantes and believes he managed it perfectly, at least on the administrative and financial levels.
“You can tell me that today, I do not have the means to hold FC Nantes. All right. I accept it. You are absolutely right. On the one hand, I undress my family to put the money into football. You’re right, I’m a bit stupid.”he quips. But for him,
“the environment is not very good” to consider a sale of the club.
“I am a professional. I respect the people I work with. I could let go of everyone tomorrow but it’s not honesthe explains, fearing to experience the same thing as the Girondins, administratively relegated to National 2. I cannot continue to work in this context. It’s going to end up like Bordeaux if this continues…”
“Some would have fled a long time ago”
Waldemar Kita wants us to remember that he did not
“not left Nantes in trouble”.
“That’s a legacy and I owe it to good managementhe assures. There are still 250 employees, I haven’t left one in trouble. At least I’d like people to say: ‘He runs the club.’ Yes, I run the club. As I can, with my means, but I hold it. »
“Even if everyone is against me: the Loire Brigade, the politicians, the TV rights. And I held on anyway. I am someone with ethics and responsibilityhe concludes. Some would have fled a long time ago saying: ‘Fuck you, I’m going away and I’ll leave you in bankruptcy and start again as a CFA’. » Thanks for everything, then?
