The Monaco Sentinel
Market18 Feb 2041
Jean Morin 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.
Squad18 Feb 2041
Robert Roger 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.
Squad18 Feb 2041
Words at Monaco training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sadibou Sané 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.
Match16 Feb 2041
Paris FC take the points off Monaco
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad18 Feb 2041
Tempers go at Monaco
Nacim Dendani 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.
Boardroom18 Feb 2041
Nobody left the Monaco dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad18 Feb 2041
Chris Brady has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Monaco will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Player ratings18 Feb 2041
Nobody could get near Ilies Belmokhtar
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market18 Feb 2041
The Vanderson talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Monaco know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Fabian Fassnacht in it
- Market The clock does Adam Ayari’s negotiating for him
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Mika Biereth