Sérgio Conceição has revitalised Nantes; Angers keep winning; Lorient languish in last place; and France look forward to games with Luxembourg and Spain
By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French Football News
Managers at Nantes do not last long under Waldemar Kita. Appointed in December, when the side were struggling near the foot of Ligue 1, former Portugal international Sérgio Conceição became the club’s 12th head coach since President Kita arrived in 2007. Kita’s volatile and overbearing demeanour has often been a contributing factor in this rapid turnover, his attitude notably forcing Michel der Zakarian’s exit at the end of last season.
Despite surviving for four years, returning the club to Ligue 1 and comfortably keeping them there for three seasons amid significant financial restraints, Der Zakarian’s already frosty relationship with the president became tumultuous and his contract was left to run out at the end of last season. “I no longer want to work with Mr. Kita. So, I’ll stop,” said the Armenian coach. When he tried to bid farewell to the Nantes supporters after his final home game, Kita ordered his words to be drowned out by blaring music from the Stade de la Beaujoire sound system – a petty way to end a successful chapter in the club’s recent history.
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