Monaco already guaranteed a place in the Euroleague for the 2023-2024 season
Entry into the Euroleague thanks to its victory in the Eurocoupe in 2021, the Roca Team, with its budget (20.7 million euros) and its unprecedented payroll in the history of the French Championship, now hard to imagine back down to the lower level.
Renewed this season thanks to its qualification in the play-offs, Monaco will not have, barring a dramatic change, not to worry about this failure for the 2023-2024 financial year and will be able to continue its development and the progress of its prospecting with a view to to build a new room and, eventually, to obtain a permanent member’s license for the queen event. According to our information, the Principality club has already obtained behind the scenes the guarantee – which requires ratification by the shareholders – to be part of the set for the 2023-2024 financial year.
In theory, as entered through a wild card linked to his sporting results, Monaco should have once again reached the top 8 this year, while beating Virtus Bologna in the standings, to qualify for a spot next season.
“Let’s be clear: we want Monaco”
We asked the question directly to the new boss of the Euroleague, Marshall Glickman, visiting Monaco for the match against Olympiakos, Tuesday evening (7 p.m.). Here is his response: “To say as you do that the place is already ‘guaranteed’ is not technically true. I will put it this way: we want Monaco to continue to assess in the Euroleague. There are 18 clubs, 13 permanent member licenses. One of these shareholders is suspended – CSKA Moscow, due to the war in Ukraine. This gives us a bit of leeway. »
“Considering that CSKA will not return next season – even if no one knows what is happening in geopolitical terms – keeping Monaco should not be a problem, adds Jordi Bertomeu’s successor. Once Moscow is reintegrated, it will be more complicated. The simplest thing would be in any case that they would qualify thanks to their sporting results… But let’s be clear: we want Monaco. We want them to be part of the Euroleague family and we are very optimistic that they will soon be able to build a new hall with adequate dimensions. We are here to learn more about all these files. »