Ignatius Grain SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS / AFP
Cameroonian FC Nantes striker Ignatius Ganago, who is experiencing a terrible tragedy with the loss of his 5-year-old daughter, will not logically participate in the round of 16 against Juventus on Thursday evening in the Europa League.
West France et The team shared the tragic news. Ganago’s daughter died of an illness. In this context, Ganago, gone to Cameroon, will logically not participate in the clash against Juve on Thursday evening. “FC Nantes is in mourning“wrote the club on social networks. “We think a lot of you +Gana+. The club is with you through this terrible ordeal.“. Ganago, who started on Sunday during Nantes’ victory against Lorient and who will be 24 on Thursday, the day of the FCNA match against Juventus, was trained in Cameroon and made his professional debut in Nice in 2017, before joining Lens in 2020 then Nantes in the summer of 2022.
Arrived at the beginning of September at La Beaujoire, Ganago has made 28 appearances with the Canaries this season and has scored 4 goals. RC Lens (Ganago club until last summer) has published a message of support for its former striker on social networks. “Racing is in mourning, writes the northern club. TTouched to the heart by this tragedy, the whole of the RCL is turned to Ignatius Ganago and his family in this terrible ordeal, this unthinkable mourning. The artesian family of Gana will pay tribute to her daughter Chloé on Sunday during Lens-Nantes.»
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