The Monaco Sentinel
Market3 Jun 2030
Imrân Louza asks to leave Monaco
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Jun 2030
Nouhou has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Monaco they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad3 Jun 2030
Malcom signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Malcom and Monaco agree another 2 years.
Boardroom3 Jun 2030
Kaïs Petit signs for Valenciennes while still at Monaco
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Kaïs Petit has agreed terms with Valenciennes for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad3 Jun 2030
Words at Monaco training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marquinhos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Jun 2030
João Mário raises the bar for Monaco
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Monaco heard it as anything else.
Market3 Jun 2030
Stade Lavallois watching Sam Amo-Ameyaw
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Monaco have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Jun 2030
Tempers go at Monaco
João Mário was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Jun 2030
Yacine Titraoui slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Yacine Titraoui is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
In brief
- The dugout Vanderson has become a man the manager trusts
- Boardroom Monaco can sign again
- The dugout Salim Diakité asks for a word with the manager