This Thursday, September 8, La Diagonale, the new living space of the Academy was effectively taken in the presence of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Delivered and used by all components of the Academy since August 2020, after two years of work, La Diagonale had not yet been detected due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It is now chosen done.
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Ekaterina Sartori Rybolovleva, member of the Board of Directors of AS Monaco and Juan Sartori, Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of AS Monaco, proceeded this morning to the cutting of the traditional inaugural ribbon, thus marking the official birth of the building.
Previously, Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and the Economy of the Prince’s Government and Xavier Beck, Mayor of Cap-d’Ail, had spoken before some thirty invitations, including Pierre Dartout, Minister of State, Patrice Cellario, Minister of the Interior, Yvette Lambin-Berti, Secretary of State.
The opportunity for the Mayor of Cap-d’Ail to thank President Rybolovlev “on behalf of all Cap-d’Aillois and lovers of AS Monaco, for the great happiness you have given us by allowing the Club to regain its place at the forefront of French football. »
Speeches concluded by Jean-Emmanuel de Witt, General Manager of AS Monaco, who held “to ask His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, for his unfailing support, as well as the Prince’s Government, which carried out and financed this project. »
All the guests were then able to visit this “A new, very modern tool that will allow AS Monaco to further strengthen the level of requirements and the bridges that exist between its professional group and its Academy. »
La Diagonale has in fact been designed to bring together on a single site all the young talents of the Club, in order to be able to set up a centralized operation and offer them all the necessary services and equipment (accommodation, teaching, catering, care, a physical training).
Organized on 6 levels, the building sees nearly 70 young red & white shoots and 60 members of the technical management (coaches and staff, performance/medical department, recruitment, daily life, education, etc.) rub shoulders daily.
“To pursue these objectives and continue to be a reference in terms of training, it is essential to be able to count on the appropriate infrastructures and this is now the case” testifies the Director General of AS Monaco.
By allowing its young players, as well as all their management, to flourish in a “optimal training environment”AS Monaco further strengthens the place of training at the heart of its sporting project and confirms that it is “anchored in the DNA of AS Monaco. »
