management, style of play… Philippe Clement explains his “family” method
Debauched from Club Bruges by AS Monaco, Philippe Clement spoke at a press conference and gave some clues about what he intends to do with the team for which he is now in charge, and which he must qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season.
Presented this Wednesday, alongside the board of AS Monaco, represented by Paul Mitchell, the sporting director, and Oleg Petrov, the vice-president and general manager, the new trainer of the ASM, Philippe Clement, knows that he will be judged on his ability to get the best out of a young and talented group that he must qualify for the next Champions League, a very high priority objective. A delicate mission, while time is running out and the margin does not have the ASM on the competition is tiny or practically non-existent in an ever denser championship.
Clément: “Adapting to the qualities of the players”
“It remains a passion to train, relativized the person concerned, at a press conference on Wednesday. On the pressure, I had it in Bruges after the title in Genk. You had to be champion and we managed to l ‘Be. The following year also because we made the double and it was the first or the second time in a hundred years. I like this kind of pressure because it is not negative. It is a pressure because the people want to win things, it’s interesting and I like it. “
Sixth in Ligue 1, four lengths from Nice, second, Monaco will have to recover from its delay or win the Europa League. Philippe Clement does not have time to be unemployed, but he has not planned to give up playing so far: “You have to adapt to the qualities of the players. But I want a team that dominates, that plays offensive and with commitment and desire. I’ve played with different systems in the past but always with the idea of being dominant. “
Clément: “Important to have a united staff”
Philippe Clement also insisted on the notion of a group to which he holds dear: “It is important to create a family with the players. In the current world, it is more difficult than 10 or 20 years ago because the players are more individualistic but it’s interesting to create that. That’s why we have to know the players and also what they have in mind. That has been our strength in the years spent with different teams. “
The Belgian technician signed a contract for two and a half seasons with Monaco on Monday, until June 2024, and arrived accompanied by three assistants. They are Frédéric De Boever, specific goalkeeper trainer, Jonas Ivens, physical preparation specialist, and Johan Van Rumst, who, like him, signed a contract until June 2024.
“I’m here with three assistants, two assistants and a goalkeeper coach, he said. They came with me from Bruges. It’s also important in the sports staff, to have people who were at the club. It’s important to have a united staff. A frank unity, stronger than with the players. We will have all the information thanks to Damien Perrinelle who knows all the players at the training center. “