Posted January 5, 2022 at 3:40 pm by The editorial staff
Present at a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of Philippe Clément, Paul Mitchell, sports director of AS Monaco, justified the dismissal of Niko Kovac.
On January 1, AS Monaco issued a press release to formalize the departure of Niko Kovac , replaced a few days later by Philippe Clément . The Belgian technician was also presented to the press on Wednesday. The opportunity for Paul Mitchell to justify the sudden departure of Niko Kovac . “We took stock, especially with the majority shareholder. This analysis led us to this decision: the potential, the goals, the ambition of this club were not met. We felt we had to make a change. We respect the work Niko has done over the past 16 months. Together we have built a solid foundation for our project. But the performances from this summer until Christmas have shown us that we are not expressing our full potential. In the first half of the year, we had shown positive encouraging signals, we felt we had a head start to start this season. We also had the unwavering support of our shareholder to keep all our best players and strengthen us. But we haven't been in the top 5 once since the start of the season. It was felt that this capacity had to be increased to harness the potential of ASM. In England it is often said that you have to be the rival of the favorite, and today we are 17 points behind the favorite in L1. This gap is far too great “, assures the sporting director of AS Monaco to the media.