AS Monaco announced this Sunday the sacking of their coach Philippe Clement a day after losing at home against Toulouse (1-2) on the final day of Ligue 1 and being disqualified from playing in European competitions next season by of finishing in sixth place.
Clement, a 49-year-old Belgian coach, took over the Monaco bench in January 2022 from Club Brugge and he lost his position due to a bad end to the season, where three defeats in the last three days kept him out of Europe despite the fact that he still came to fight for one of the three places in the Champions League.
“The sporting dynamics of the end of this season culminated in a final classification below expectations, which indicated that a change was necessary at the head of the first team,” reports Monaco, “there is time for reflection -muni to identify the coach He will lead the first team next season”.
Clement, whose contract expires in 2024, He already knew his continuity was in jeopardy. So, on Saturday after the defeat against Toulouse, he declared: “I have this club in my heart. I want to fight for it, but the leaders have decided. I am not running away from responsibilities”.
Two eliminations in Europe
In addition to a disappointing sixth-place finish in Ligue 1 after finishing third in his first season, Clement paid for the disappointment in the Europa League, a tournament where he lost on penalties in the playoffs against Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen. Monaco crashed out of the Europa League after being eliminated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League against PSV Eindhoven.
“It was a difficult decision to make because Philippe gave his best and always behaved in a professional manner,” said the sporting director. Paul Mitchell.
Source: La Verdad
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