Philippe Clement was the guest of La Tribune this Monday evening. Arrived at the head of AS Monaco in January 2022, the Belgian coach is living happy days in the Principality. Third in the championship, Monaco and their new coach have just scored an eighth consecutive victory in Ligue 1, the latest of which was once morest Lille on Friday.
“It wasn’t our best game, but it’s also important to win tough games“, explained Clement by videoconference from Monaco.
And Philippe Clement has been a hit with his team in recent weeks, it was less the case when he arrived. Some media had also announced that the Belgian was going to take the door. “It was a journalist who started this rumor and everyone picked it up. But it wasn’t true. Everyone was happy with my work in the club. The results did not follow but the situation was difficult between the cases of Covid (17 the first two months) and the injuries“.
Arrived on tiptoe in Ligue 1, the former coach of Club Brugge discovered a new championship, he who had always coached in Belgium: “It was a championship that I didn’t know very well. Everything is different here. I knew everything in Belgium, not here. It’s a big challenge for me“. The 48-year-old also got to knowAurelien Tchouamenia young French international: “He is an exceptional talent who has a great desire to progress. If spared from injury, he will be among the best midfielders in the world“. In the shadow of this future star already targeted by the biggest clubs in Europe, a certain Eliot MatazoBelgian hope, takes his trouble patiently: “There is a lot of competition in Monaco. Eliot has been progressing well in recent months, physically too. He is only 20 years old and it is already a great experience to train with great players. He has played a few times and the goal is for him to play here in the future“.