Alban Lafont at FCN, the end very soon?



Alban Lafont. – Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

  • Alban Lafont’s two-year loan (22) comes to an end in May.
  • The Nantes goalkeeper, who belongs to Fiorentina, should not continue with the Canaries, even if the Nantes management would like to keep him.
  • French Top 6 clubs are interested in him, including OM.

It will be part of the hot files of the summer at FC Nantes, and will undoubtedly be at the top of the pile. The two-year loan from Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont, who will still be the holder on Sunday in the Nantes cage against Nice (3 p.m. at La Beaujoire), expires in May. The FCN, who paid 1.5 million euros per season as part of this loan, must settle 7 million euros in call option if management wishes to keep it. Rather, it is the trend.

Discussions have already started, a person close to the file told us. President Kita appreciates the player, who arrived in the summer of 2019 on loan from Fiorentina. A file largely managed by the Belgian agent Mogi Bayat, very close to the Nantes management.

Alban Lafont is also favored by coach Antoine Kombouaré. However, the 22-year-old player has already made his choice known through his representatives. “What am I going to do next season?” No, I don’t know at all. Can the maintenance of FC Nantes play on my decision? [Sourire] Frankly I do not know. I am not asking myself the question at all for the moment. “The FCN goalkeeper, who started with the Espoirs in the three qualifying matches for the quarter-finals of the Euro, did not say the bottom of his mind a fortnight ago at a press conference.

Marseille thinks very seriously of him

The one that relatives describe as “very professional”, “always ready to assume in front of the media even in a complicated period” and “homebody and quiet in life”, does not imagine for a single moment to continue one more month in Nantes, as the RMC info site was able to write on Thursday, and also does not see himself returning to Fiorentina (contacted, sporting director Daniele Prade did not respond to 20 minutes), where his lease runs until 2024.

His father, whom he is very close to and who is in charge of managing his future, and his two representatives (two sports attorney lawyers) – contacted by 20 minutes, they did not respond or did not want to say more – have already indicated to the management of Nantes the decision of the player to leave. Discussions have already started between several clubs in the current French Top 6 and the father of Alban Lafont. According to 20 minutes, the Olympique de Marseille is one of them.

Christophe Lollichon, consultant on Canal + and specialist in goalkeepers, considers the trajectory of the one who, as a reminder, started his career at the age of 16 years and 10 months and who has already played close to 300 D1 matches (French and Italian). “It’s always difficult when you start so early, you have to know how to go through the stages. We expect a lot from you. Alban didn’t negotiate the digestion of all this badly. I find him more proactive and more in anticipation than he was. “

Very good on his line with his wingspan (1.96 m) and in the one against one, less in certain decision-making and his kicking game and in progress in his interventions in the aerial field, Alban Lafont will have to learn “to digest the pressure in a big club ”, always according to the person in charge of the goalkeepers of Chelsea, if he leaves in a more upscale formation. “Alban has been in teams that defend a lot, his concentration was natural. If he goes in a formation that is more dominant and less in danger during matches, he will have to maintain his concentration at 150%. He will have to anticipate more what can happen. A new stage to come for Alban Lafont, undoubtedly the steepest.



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