The Monaco Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Willian Pacho at that price
Monaco offered $41.8M; Paris Saint-Germain said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Diego Coppola
Monaco asked and Paris FC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Stanis Idumbo goes
Stade Rennais paid $10.9M and Monaco took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Monaco turn down Angers SCO for Ritchy Valmé
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Monaco
Denis Zakaria 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bourg-Peronnas watching Romaric Etonde
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Monaco have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 13028. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Christian Mawissa
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Monaco
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Akim Bouheddi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.