It is a revolted father that we had on the telephone. Leonard Musaba, dad of Anthony Musaba, wanted to speak about a situation that his son “suffered for several weeks”. Arrived on loan from AS Monaco to FC Metz (Ligue 2) at the end of the transfer window this summer, when the Girondins de Bordeaux were very close to signing him, the Dutch striker Anthony Musaba (22) did not spent the four months he had hoped for in Moselle. Nine matches (one goal, one assist), a fairly meager record, but playing time which has increased in recent weeks (four starts in the last four matches).
“Anthony is stressed every morning going to training, he no longer enjoys playing”
Leonard Musaba about his son
Despite this, Anthony Musaba asked his leaders to be able to leave Metz during the January transfer window. “I want to speak because what is happening at the club is incredible, unimaginable, Leonard Musaba explained to us. I cannot understand, as a father, that a club can behave like that”.
According to his father, Anthony Musaba told his coach, Laszlo Bölöni, of his desire to break his loan during the recovery camp in Spain. “Anthony was honest. He told his coach that he no longer felt able to stay at Metz because he was depressed. He is stressed every morning going to training, he no longer enjoys playing. He even became paranoid and lacks confidence.
“It’s a father who is looking for a solution for his son who is talking. I am unhappy for him, so I publicly ask FC Metz: let him go.
A wish then accepted by the technician, but not by Pierre Dréossi, the sports director. “He does not want to understand that it is neither in the interest of the club, nor that of Anthony to continue. Anthony no longer has the heart in Metz, he would like to return to the Netherlands with his family. Mr. Dréossi explained to us that it was not possible to let Anthony go because he was a talented player and had spent a lot of money on this loan. But Anthony also left part of his salary in Monaco. And then they passed him off as a sick player several times this season, against Bordeaux in particular, we didn’t like it. It’s a father looking for a solution for his talking son. I am unhappy for him, so I publicly ask FC Metz: let him go.
FC Metz receives Niort for the resumption of Ligue 2 on December 26. Certainly without Anthony Musaba on the pitch.
