Stéphane Vidal

Striker - Monaco U20
3 May 2029
Thursday
Process

Marked for Stéphane Vidal

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The Monaco Sentinel

6 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Stéphane Vidal sends Monaco through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Stéphane Vidal obliged against FC Rouen. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Monaco.

The dugout

Thilo Kehrer keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Monaco may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Player ratings

Riyad Mahrez, 37, rolls back the years — 8.17

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.17 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings

Stanis Idumbo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

Darwin Núñez wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Monaco hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Words exchanged at Monaco

Kiliann Sildillia 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

Hugo Ekitiké sends Monaco past FC Lorient

It finished 1‑0, and it was Hugo Ekitiké’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Monaco.

Match

Stéphane Vidal at the heart of a fast Monaco start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Stéphane Vidal in the middle of it, and FC Rouen unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

The dugout

Julien Duranville gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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The Monaco Sentinel

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Bart Verbruggen 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.

Market

Ludovic Ajorque agrees terms with Olympique de Marseille

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Monaco people have started saying his name in the past tense.

The dugout

Tyler Morton says Monaco went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

A falling-out at Monaco

Denis Zakaria and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Santiago Hidalgo

Monaco asked and Olympique de Marseille said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Liam Delap

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Monaco told Liam Delap something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad

Stéphane Vidal signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stéphane Vidal commits to Monaco for another 4 years.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Sadibou Sané

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Illia Zabarnyi gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Illia Zabarnyi is on it.

In brief