Liverpool player wants to buy FC Nantes! Waldemar Kita opens the door?

20 September 2024 / Thibaud Vézirian

What if FC Nantes was the next Ligue 1 club to change owners? For several seasons, due to a general economic slump, all L1 clubs (or almost) have been for sale. In the newspaper L'Equipe, this Friday, we learned that Waldemar Kita's club would be receptive to the advances of a great English player.

Trent Alexander-Arnold as the future owner of FC Nantes? This is the rumor that is causing a stir in the world of football. According to information from Bernard Lions for L'Equipe, it is via the London investment fund created by his father, Michael, that the Liverpool and England team defender is said to have made an offer to Waldemar Kita.

After several meetings, the English are said to have made an oral offer of 100 million euros, accompanied by 40 million euros in bonuses. If the english media doubt the veracity of the offer, after speaking with people close to the player, Interview is able to confirm that these figures correspond to what the Kita clan has been hoping for for several seasons..

Indeed, several French and foreign businessmen have already contacted FC Nantes to find out about its financial claims. One of them told us that he estimated the club's value at " about 80 million euros, no more"The sums requested, around 100 million euros, quickly seemed prohibitive to him.

So the number 66 and captain of Liverpool would be in pole position for this takeover? Or else Did certain sources close to the Nantes club try to spread the word about the sale to attract wealthy investors? This is a subject discussed at length this afternoon in the program. The Dèj Foot on Twitch. By setting the bar at around 100-140 million euros, the price continues to raise smiles in the business community.

If this is the future sale price, it would be a masterstroke. All the more so given the situation of L1, between declining TV rights and degraded spectacle, with the departure of international stars.

Owner since 2007 of a FC Nantes in dire straits in sporting terms, often on the verge of relegation, Waldemar Kita has just left his post on the board of directors of the Professional Football League (LFP). Is this a sign that the businessman wants to move away from the world of football? A world where he has always been negatively targeted by his own fans. Was he a single season in the good books among Canaries fans? It's hard to say.