It’s all change for Monaco as they host Spurs in the Champions League

The club’s new 38-year-old manager Sébastien Pocognoli has to improve results, change the team’s style and integrate new players – all during an injury crisisBy Get French Football NewsTime is a precious commodity that has been in short supply for Sébastien Pocognoli. The precocious 38-year-old has not needed much of it to forge a reputation as one of the most promising young managers in the game, but he has had to maximise every second since joining Monaco as he plots a course through the chaos.His first training session with his new players, last Tuesday, was a microcosm of the job at hand for the man who led Union Saint-Gilloise to their first Belgian title since 1935 last season. “In the first training session, there was too much intensity. It was pretty chaotic. I had to calm them down,” said Pocognoli, who nonetheless insists on “intensity” and set the tone himself, physically grappling with his new players as he took part in the drills as the sun set on the club’s performance centre in La Turbie. Continue reading...

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