The Monaco Sentinel
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Ansu Fati
Successful dribbles: 39. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
A defender's goal wins it for Monaco — 7.90
1 for Lamine Camara, marked 7.90, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Maghnes Akliouche signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maghnes Akliouche commits to Monaco for another 5 years.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Sam Amo-Ameyaw is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Denis Zakaria in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Monaco this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Kamory Doumbia
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Monaco
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market21 Aug 2028
Eyes on Paris Brunner again
The phone has started ringing about Paris Brunner again, and this time the name on the line is US Creteil. Monaco are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market21 Aug 2028
Monaco promote Jean-Baptiste Baron from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean-Baptiste Baron has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Roger Barbier steps up from the Monaco academy
- Market Monaco promote Frédéric Aubert from within
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger