Mohamed Bob

Striker - Monaco
13 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Mohamed Bob

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The Monaco Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Transfer targets

Monaco rebuffed over Anatolii Trubin

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Benfica have kept their man, and Monaco go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Yann Lienard says no to ES Ben Aknoun

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Yann Lienard had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Mohamed Bob hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Monaco can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Giovanni Haag gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Giovanni Haag has just signed for Monaco, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Mika Biereth signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mika Biereth commits to Monaco for another 5 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Monaco

Ismaël Bennacer and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Monaco get the job done against FC Lorient

A 1‑0 win over FC Lorient, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Eden Courtois is a square peg at Monaco

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Player ratings

Alexandr Golovin stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.87 on the card, and the Monaco support went home talking about one name.

In brief

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Monaco
  • Player ratings Ansu Fati beats them one at a time
Back issues
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The Monaco Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Monaco turn down Olympique Lyonnais for Denis Zakaria

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Alexandre Oukidja arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Alexandre Oukidja has, at Monaco, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Market

Denis Zakaria wants more than Monaco are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Lukás Hrádecký signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lukás Hrádecký and Monaco agree another 1 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Monaco

Denis Zakaria and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market

Le Havre AC watching Stanis Idumbo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Monaco have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief