As revealed by Le Parisien, Raymond Domenech, withdrawn from the field since 2010 and his departure from the Blues, will take over FC Nantes, currently in great difficulty (15th in Ligue 1 with three points ahead of the first relegation). The news should be made official this Thursday. “We are talking about it, recognizes the Nantes native Dennis Appiah after the defeat of the Canaries on Wednesday night in Lyon (0-3). We don’t know if this is true. There is nothing official. “
Patrick Collot, the club’s interim coach since the ouster of Christian Gourcuff, declined to comment. ” I have nothing to say. There is nothing definitive, nothing final. I don’t mean so-and-so. I know someone will be coming. I’m not surprised. It was expected. I’m going to think about recharging my batteries and coming back in great shape in January at La Jonelière. »In another role. Certainly.
“13 years of nothingness to end with Raymond Domenech”
It is Raymond Domenech who will be on the bench of FC Nantes on January 6 when the derby resumes against Rennes. And his arrival makes people talk. Nantes supporters, dissatisfied, deposited a banner Wednesday afternoon in front of the club’s training center: “13 years of nothingness to end with Raymond Domenech. The Kita Circus begins its last lap… ”
Rudi Garcia, the coach of Lyon, does not want to speak for the moment “It is sure? I heard probable. When we are sure, I will answer you… ”More than 10,000 days after his departure from… Lyon in 1993, Domenech will be back on a Ligue 1 bench. Soon to be 69 (he will have them in January). With necessarily a derogation because except in exceptional cases, no coach over 65 years old can exercise in France, according to paragraph 4 of article 655 of the charter of coaches of the Professional Football League (LFP). A derogation had been granted to Claudio Ranieri in … Nantes 2017. At the time, Domenech, president of UNECATEF since 2016, the coaches’ union, was firmly opposed to it …
