Media365 editorial staff, published on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 9:05 am

Niko Kovac would no longer benefit from an untouchable status on the bench, far from it.

The euphoria of the end of last season is now far from the side of theAS Monaco. After securing a good third place in the final Ligue 1 standings, coach Niko Kovac is in the eye of the storm with a start of the 2021-2022 year far from the expectations of his management. Critical and questioned by some, the Croatian sees his situation getting more complicated.

The overall picture is reported this Wednesday in the columns of The team, and it is clear that the Monegasque vice-president Oleg Petrov, but also the sports director of the club Paul Mitchell, begins to have serious doubts about Niko Kovac’s ability to restart the machine. Eliminated in the preliminary round of the Champions League, only sixth in L1 at the end of the first leg, AS Monaco is also plagued by internal tensions.

A hostile locker room?

The sports daily says that “the leaders that Kovac lost a large part of his locker room“While the technician always asks for time to complete his project, not sure that the Rock club is inclined to wait very long.