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Zapping Foot National Interview – The underside of amateur football, with Romain Molina

The Nicolas Cozza soap opera is not finished on the edges of the Erdre. After two successive loans at FC Nantes, the 26 -year -old defender will make a third visit to the yellow and green club. According to information from The teamthe FCN and the VFL Wolfsburg, where the player is still under contract until 2027, have reached an agreement for a new loan of a season, without an option to buy. Despite solicitations abroad, especially in England and Greece, Cozza favored stability and an environment that he knows well. The arrival of Luis Castro on the Canaries bench is not unrelated. The Portuguese technician, in search of a reliable player on the left of the defense, would have made French a summer priority.

Third arrival

Untisputable holder last season under the orders of Antoine Kombouaré, Cozza had played 27 Ligue 1 games, with regularity and a state of mind internally. Scorer to a recovery and decisive passer once, the former Montpellier had established himself as a pillar of the locker room. The German club should, as in the previous loan, assume part of the player's salary. A significant element for Nantes, whose transfer window remains measured for the moment. Cozza becomes the third official recruit of the summer after goalkeeper Alexis Mirbach (coming from Metz) and the central defender Uros Radakovic (Sivasspor). Expected Monday at La Jonelière, Nicolas Cozza will therefore find a club and supporters whom he knows well, with the objective of confirming his importance in the starting eleven.