Black series for Leonardo Jardim. AS Monaco's Portuguese coach sacked for the second time in just over a year, local newspaper said on Saturday 28 December Nice morning. He should be replaced on Monday by short-lived Spain coach Robert Moreno.
Leonardo Jardim, 45, will have failed to repeat the feat of 2017, when he led his team to the title of champion of France and to the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Portuguese was removed from office just eleven months after his return to the Principality and while his team is in 7th place in Ligue 1. "I'm on the front line, no problem!" ", Leonardo Jardim had pointed out before the match against Lille, who, despite the Monegasques' 5-1 victory, only gave the Portuguese technician eight days of respite.
Moreno, interim specialist
Leonardo Jardim had already been sacked for the first time in October 2018 and replaced by former international Thierry Henry. After three erratic months with the former Gunner, Jardim had regained the bench of a club which was then in eighteenth position in the ranking.
However, after its beautiful victory in front of Lille, Monaco is only three lengths from the podium, with 28 points. Monaco players will return to their Turbie training center on Sunday and their future former coach is expected to greet them before the scheduled arrival on Monday of Roberto Moreno, another specialist in story-telling interims.
The 42-year-old Catalan had indeed replaced Luis Enrique in June 2019, due to the illness of the daughter of the coach of La Roja. Last November, Enrique returned to claim his position, ousting his former assistant from his position.
