Dimitri Rybolovlev will change everything at AS Monaco!
In recent months, AS Monaco seems very far from the level of the first places. And the change of coach last January has changed absolutely nothing. Already struggling in the Championship under Niko Kovac, the arrival of Philippe Clément did not really help matters, on the contrary. The Belgian technician has not been able to breathe a breath of fresh air into his group and the latest results prove it. In addition to a very disappointing elimination in the round of 16 of the Europa League against Braga, the club from the principality has won only one of its last 8 games.
Results very far from being up to the investments of the last mercatos. Faced with this situation, club president Dimitri Rybolovlev seems to have reached his limits of tolerance. He believes that Monaco must be able to compete with PSG like in 2017. According to information from the team, the Russian owner no longer wants to continue with the men in place in Monaco and simply wants to change everything. From the coach, to the sporting director through the vice-president.
Philippe Clément is not sure to pass the truce
Dimitri Rybolovlev’s first two targets are vice-president Oleg Petrov and sporting director Paul Mitchell. The club’s policy since the appointment of the Englishman to the post of DS does not satisfy the Russian owner at all. Especially since his choices were not at all effective. The French daily specifies that the appointment of James Bunce as performance director (in October 2020) had difficulty passing. The latter was also in conflict with Niko Kovac. The Croatian coach particularly criticized Bunce’s excessive influence in physical preparation.
But that’s not all. Petrov and Mitchell won’t be the only ones jumping ship. This will also be the case for Philippe Clément, who arrived barely two months ago at the head of Monaco. The Belgian technician has never been able to achieve his objectives (to get closer to the podium quickly). And his failure is necessarily linked to Mitchell’s choice to dismiss Kovac to install him. The vision and speech of the former Club Brugge coach are also very far from what Dimitri Rybolovlev expects. It is also not impossible that Philippe Clément will be fired during the truce as specified the team. The Russian owner is already working to find the successors of the three men. AS Monaco has denied this information.