players surprised by the timing of Kovac’s departure
Concluded this Thursday evening, the surprise departure of Niko Kovac from AS Monaco surprised his players, who learned the news on social networks, while he had led a training session in the afternoon.
Thunderclap on the Rock. This Thursday, Niko Kovac, coach of AS Monaco since the summer of 2020, was sent from his functions by his leaders, after he had led a training session earlier in the day. A hasty end of mandate which surprised his group, the players not having been informed of the departure of their coach. Most of them, after hearing the news on social media, were surprised at the timing.
During the afternoon session, no feeling of “last” was felt by the players. Even if rumors about his future intensified, Kovac was to travel with them to Quevilly on Sunday to play a round of 16 in the Coupe de France. For now, the departure of the Croatian has not been formalized by the club and it may not be in the evening.
The search for a successor is in progress
If no successor has yet been named, the sporting director Paul Mitchell, who had brought Kovac to Monaco and will remain at the club this winter, is already working to install a technician on the Monegasque bench capable of offering significant offensive animation. , high pressing and aggressiveness that made ASM a formidable machine at the start of 2021.
If Kovac’s results are called into question by his leaders, he leaves his team still in progress in all competitions: qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League, for the 16th of the Coupe de France and 6th of Ligue 1, to only four points from the podium. Arrived in the summer of 2020 at ASM, the Croatian had shone in the past in the Bundesliga, in particular managing Eintracht Frankfurt for two seasons and then leading Bayern Munich to a Cup-Championship double in 2019.