FC Nantes: Anthony Limbombe, the biggest transfer in the history of the club, leaves the FCN definitively – 20 Minutes

He will remain as the most expensive recruit in the history of FC Nantes. And probably also as one of his most bitter failures. Anthony Limbombe, 27, is leaving the Nantes club for good from this Monday, announced the management of the FCN in a press release. The two parties have decided, “by mutual agreement”, to terminate the attacking midfielder’s contract. Bought 8 million euros from FC Bruges in the summer of 2018 through the sulphurous agent Mogi Bayat, the Belgian international , announced very promising, never really lived up to expectations despite three goals (including a sumptuous free kick against Lyon) and two assists in the first season. He tried to get back on loan at Standard Liège the following season, then quickly returned to Nantes where he suffered from a series of injuries before being dropped from the group at the request of coach Antoine Kombouaré.A conflict to finishUnder contract until 2023, the young man had seized in recent weeks the legal commission of the Professional Football League (LFP) to demand the same training conditions as his teammates. He finally won his case last week. In three and a half years, Anthony Limbombe will therefore have played 38 games and scored four goals for the clubs on the banks of the Erdre. “FC Nantes wishes Anthony a good continuation for the rest of his career,” he said in the fall of his press release.