Philippe Clement is well on his way to AS Monaco, reports The last news. The Club Brugge coach must become the successor of Niko Kovac at the current number six in Ligue 1, who will be fired at the same time. Clement has permission from the Belgian top club to negotiate with Monaco.
The last news writes that the road for Clement to Monaco is open. According to the Belgian medium, the trainer of Club Brugge is sitting around the table with the club management of the Monegasques today. The official confirmation is still pending, but Kovac will be evicted due to disappointing results les Rouges et Blancs. Club Brugge respects his coach’s wish to make the interim move to Monaco, as the two parties were expected to split up after the season.
If Clement actually leaves for Monaco, he will close the door behind him after 2.5 seasons at Club Brugge. Monaco are currently sixth in Ligue 1 with 29 points from 19 matches and are currently four points away from third, which entitles them to a ticket to the Champions League play-offs at the end of the season. Although Kovac overwintered with Monaco in the Europa League by, among other things, keeping PSV behind, but has not been able to fully convince the club management.
L’Equipe know that Clement has competition from Paulo Fonseca and Jesse Marsch for the succession of Kovac. However, the French newspaper also reports that the Club Brugge trainer is on pole position. “In addition to his titles of recent years, he is the architect of the blue-black dominance in the Belgian competition,” writes L’Equipe. “At 47, he is one of the coaches followed by several European club boards.”
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