Nantes has decided to end the mission of Pierre Aristouy, who succeeded Antoine Kombouaré at the end of last season. Jocelyn Gourvennec left to replace him on the Nantes bench. An agreement in principle was reached with the former Lille coach who had been without a club for a year and a half.
Aristouy, who had ensured the maintenance of the club during the last four days last season, had already been called into question on the evening of the defeat against Toulouse (1-2, 1st day) but he had righted the bar and his record, since , was good. Until this series of three defeats before the draw against Le Havre last weekend (0-0). The FCN is 11th in Ligue 1 with the penultimate defense (23 goals conceded).