If he has to resume training at FC Nantes under the orders of Luis Castro, Mostafa Mohamed (27) should not make old bones on the banks of the Erdre. It moves for the pharaoh!
Leaving a complicated 2024-25 season (6 goals in 32 appearances in all competitions), Mostafa Mohamed should not end the summer at FC Nantes. Absent from the resumption of training for “family reasons” on June 30, the Egyptian is more than ever on the departure of the Jonelière … and at least two clubs have come forward.
As we know: Al-Ahly Cairo tried to attract it before the Club World Cup before finally putting the file on stand-by due to the requirements of FC Nantes deemed too high. In recent days, another track has opened. Indeed, according to information from the local media Btulatethat we are able to confirm to you, the advisers of Mostafa Mohamed have activated their network to return the attacker to Türkiye. A meeting has even already taken place with Istanbul Basaksehir, eager to redo its attack line. FC Nantes – which had paid around € 6 million to Galatasaray in the summer of 2023 – is now awaiting an offer up to its expectations. Expectations that will be lower than the claims of last summer (the FCN hoped around € 10 million, which had slowed down many courtiers).
Mostafa Mohamed, a key departure of the degreasing plan
With Alban Lafont, Mostafa Mohamed is at the top of the list of players whose FC Nantes wishes to separate this summer. Not only because of the behavior of the Egyptian, which finished using the patience of the leaders last May when he refused the match of maintenance because of his convictions during the day of fight against homophobia, but also for economic reasons.
Indeed, if FC Nantes has passed smoothly to the DNCG due to the guarantees brought by Waldemar Kita, the Canaries presented a operating budget that is largely reduced to 50 M € … by promising to lower the wage bill which was 56 M € last year. To enter the nails of its project, the FCN must generate more than 20 M € between arrivals and departures. With the second largest salary in the locker room (€ 120,000 gross per month), the pharaoh is obviously a candidate of choice at the start. Recall that Nantes has already widely initiated its dry diet with the departures of Moses Simon (Paris FC), Nicolas Pallois (Stade de Reims), Douglas Augusto (Krasnodar), Pedro Chirivella (Panathinaikos) and Florent Mollet (free) for a total approaching the € 9 million per year saved (charges included)…
