So we didn’t see that coming.

The AS Monaco reserve team, relegated to National 3, will not compete in this division next season. The Monegasque leaders have indeed decided to register their team for the Premier League International Cup, a competition made up of twelve PL teams and twelve foreign teams. A league reserved for U23s, suspended since 2020 due to the Covid pandemic.

? The AS Monaco Academy is launching its Elite group, which from this season will benefit from stronger links with the professional group and a new schedule of matches.?? #MadeInLaDiagonale https://t.co/G4py7Nx063

—AS Monaco?? (@AS_Monaco) June 30, 2022

Asked, Paul Mitchell, sporting director of the club, was optimistic: “Through this new approach, the club wants to continue to strengthen the impact of young people on the first team. » Renamed “Elite”, the ASM reserve will be led by Damien Perrinelle. For their part, the U19s of Frédéric Barilaro and the U17s of Manuel dos Santos are rated well in their respective categories, in France.

A new form of offshoring?

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