Mercato: a former priority of FC Nantes passed by PSG made a very surprising choice

Free because the summer season of 2025 after the top of his journey in Portugal with Boavista, Layvin Kurzawa (33) is making ready to write down a very sudden chapter in his profession. Whereas FC Nantes, beneath the presidency of Waldemar Kita, had for a time studied its avenue on the free participant market to strengthen its left lane, the previous Parisian full-back finally selected a radically completely different vacation spot: South-East Asia and extra exactly Indonesia.

A Nantes path that by no means got here to fruition

Over the last switch home windows, FC Nantes had been related to the title of Kurzawa to strengthen a fragile place, with rumors – significantly round a defensive joker – circulating within the media. Nonetheless, these speculations have been shortly known as into query and Kurzawa finally by no means performed for the FCN.

In an interview with L’Équipe, the participant himself stated {that a} path to Beaujoire had even been thought-about the earlier 12 months, till the deal fell by way of on the final minute, to the purpose that he had “packed his suitcase” for Nantes earlier than the operation collapsed.

Heading in the direction of Indonesia: Kurzawa close to Persib Bandung

Whereas his file didn’t achieve Ligue 1, Layvin Kurzawa is at this time in superior discussions with the Indonesian membership Persib Bandung, chief of the native Liga 1 and certified for the spherical of 16 of the AFC Champions League 2, a serious continental competitors in Asia.

This selection could also be stunning at first, however it’s a part of a logic of play and expertise for the previous French worldwide (13 caps): regaining taking part in time, a driving function in an formidable group and an atmosphere the place his standing as a serious participant can have an actual impression.

A straightforward adaptation framework

If Kurzawa finalizes his arrival in Bandung, he won’t be completely remoted: one other Frenchman, Andrew Jung, is already taking part in at Persib and can be capable of assist him adapt to the Indonesian championship and native life.

For FC Nantes, this sequence illustrates each the bounds of free switch avenues in Ligue 1 and the rising opening of much less typical choices for skilled gamers in search of a rebirth removed from the main European championships.

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✅free, Layvin Kurzawa is in very superior discussions with the Indonesian membership Persib Bandung

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